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We just all realized that there’s a need for communication that is kind of independent of company control, because when employees talk to each other in a work setting, they can’t be honest – and they have to always kind of be self conscious about what the boss is going to think, or what other people are going to think. – Kyum Kim	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I said to William that when [his brother] Prince Harry came to Belize he was dancing and didn't need encouragement, he is a wild card. William laughed and said, 'Harry's not self-conscious.’. – Cynthia Ellis-Topsy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I just feel like nothing can hold me back. I don’t feel [self-conscious], there’s nothing that I can’t do. – Shannon Newhouse	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking. – Tim McGraw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was exactly my process, basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking. – Tim McGraw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Don't be self-conscious about it. It might take practice to come across as confident. – Christy Noel	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I may not be the most eloquent, but I learned early that eloquence won't draw oil from the ground, i may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. I am Barbara Bush -- but I hear the quiet people others don't. – Barbara Bush	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. I am Barbara Bush -- but I hear the quiet people others don't. – Barbara Bush	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn't want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that's such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they're not really well-off -- they won't even scream in their own house. – Kanye West	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I can’t live like this. It affects my relationship, it affects everything, i’m very self-conscious. – Latoyah Rideau	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
People like myself, are self-conscious about their appearance. – Megan Robertson	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Where it really impacted me was how self-conscious I became about it. It completely ruined my self-esteem. I wouldn’t even look at people when I talked to them, i felt like such an outcast; when I spoke, it was with my hand covering my face. Sure, I had crushes in high school, but I wouldn’t even think about looking at guys. – Kendall Jenner	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I have noticed over the past couple years that women are extremely self-conscious about their genitals and apologize for not being groomed, women were far more likely to groom if their partner also groomed and if their partner preferred that they groom. – Tami Rowen	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I always feel self-conscious, i'm probably the least confident person on the slopes that you'll find, shockingly enough. I feel like when I get on red carpets and stuff, it's kind of like I'm playing a role. – Lindsey Vonn	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When I was younger, I was working in Osaka, my accent from the countryside made me very self-conscious and shy, but since my hometown has been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I'm so proud to introduce it to others. – Matsumoto Seiko	Found on CNN 8 years ago
With the growth of social media, there is no question that people see themselves more often in a bad light, social media has made some people more self-conscious. – Edward Farrior	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They're self-conscious, they understand that they existed yesterday, that they're going to exist tomorrow. – Steven Wise	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Subliminal messages delivered by toys, clothes and accessories about gender-appropriate roles and behaviors, proper weight and all matters appearance are internalized, as are the less subtle ones delivered verbally and in writing, when they reach puberty, girls are self-conscious and more prone to self-criticism, so these message seeds finally find a fertile ground to grow in. – Katia Bishops	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. – Ray Douglas Bradbury	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self- conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them. – Henry James	added by anonymous 14 years ago

We just all realized that there’s a need for communication that is kind of independent of company control, because when employees talk to each other in a work setting, they can’t be honest – and they have to always kind of be self conscious about what the boss is going to think, or what other people are going to think.

– Kyum Kim

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I said to William that when [his brother] Prince Harry came to Belize he was dancing and didn't need encouragement, he is a wild card. William laughed and said, 'Harry's not self-conscious.’.

– Cynthia Ellis-Topsy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just feel like nothing can hold me back. I don’t feel [self-conscious], there’s nothing that I can’t do.

– Shannon Newhouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking.

– Tim McGraw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was exactly my process, basically, I am an unsure, self-conscious, shy person. That is how I started — even when I was in college —before I would get on stage, I would start drinking. I would start drinking to stop shaking.

– Tim McGraw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Don't be self-conscious about it. It might take practice to come across as confident.

– Christy Noel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I may not be the most eloquent, but I learned early that eloquence won't draw oil from the ground, i may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. I am Barbara Bush -- but I hear the quiet people others don't.

– Barbara Bush

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I may sometimes be a little awkward, but there's nothing self-conscious in my love of country. I am Barbara Bush -- but I hear the quiet people others don't.

– Barbara Bush

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn't want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that's such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they're not really well-off -- they won't even scream in their own house.

– Kanye West

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I can’t live like this. It affects my relationship, it affects everything, i’m very self-conscious.

– Latoyah Rideau

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

People like myself, are self-conscious about their appearance.

– Megan Robertson

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Where it really impacted me was how self-conscious I became about it. It completely ruined my self-esteem. I wouldn’t even look at people when I talked to them, i felt like such an outcast; when I spoke, it was with my hand covering my face. Sure, I had crushes in high school, but I wouldn’t even think about looking at guys.

– Kendall Jenner

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I have noticed over the past couple years that women are extremely self-conscious about their genitals and apologize for not being groomed, women were far more likely to groom if their partner also groomed and if their partner preferred that they groom.

– Tami Rowen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I always feel self-conscious, i'm probably the least confident person on the slopes that you'll find, shockingly enough. I feel like when I get on red carpets and stuff, it's kind of like I'm playing a role.

– Lindsey Vonn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When I was younger, I was working in Osaka, my accent from the countryside made me very self-conscious and shy, but since my hometown has been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I'm so proud to introduce it to others.

– Matsumoto Seiko

Found on CNN
8 years ago

With the growth of social media, there is no question that people see themselves more often in a bad light, social media has made some people more self-conscious.

– Edward Farrior

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They're self-conscious, they understand that they existed yesterday, that they're going to exist tomorrow.

– Steven Wise

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Subliminal messages delivered by toys, clothes and accessories about gender-appropriate roles and behaviors, proper weight and all matters appearance are internalized, as are the less subtle ones delivered verbally and in writing, when they reach puberty, girls are self-conscious and more prone to self-criticism, so these message seeds finally find a fertile ground to grow in.

– Katia Bishops

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

– Ray Douglas Bradbury

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self- conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them.

– Henry James

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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