A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

Aaron Ramsey
Aaron Ramsey

I am not shy.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Taylor-Johnson

I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.

AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers

I've always been shy.

Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach

When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.

Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin

My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'

Adam Cole
Adam Cole

I'm a very shy, introverted person.

Aditi Rao Hydari
Aditi Rao Hydari

I don't shy away from competition.

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

As a reader, when the writer gets sentimental, you drift, because there's something fishy going on there. You recognize a moment that's largely about the writer and the writer's own need to believe in something that might not in fact exist. As a reader, you think, 'Where did the story go? Where did the person I'm reading about go?'