Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.'
I'm a very private person, and perhaps this can be mistaken for aloofness.
I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.
I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
I was always very softly spoken and kinda looked after myself.
He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
I have thick skin. I'm not a baby. Nothing really offends me. If there's something I think might offend me, I don't listen to it.
People that know me know I take stuff personally.