The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes. . . So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts.
I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.
I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.
I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.
The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy.
Nature is shy and noncommittal in a crowd. To learn her secrets, visit her alone or with a single friend, at most. Everything evades you, everything hides, even your thoughts escape you, when you walk in a crowd.
I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
I'm like a chameleon. I adapt to my situation. It's very slowed down here. I like it that way. I'm a guy that's very reserved, quiet and shy myself.
I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.
Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.
I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.
Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.
I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.
I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me.
I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.
Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you. "
I was a very shy child.
I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.
The only thing I'll say, and I'm sure everyone says this, is stick with it. I'm not shy about telling people about the fact that my dream was to go to USC film school when I was growing up in New Jersey. I got rejected five times. You just keep going, keep going, keep going.