Keke Palmer

People that want to be in the tabloids will get into the tabloids. I just stay home and don't go out much. My personality is not an introvert, but that's how I am as far as going out to parties. I just stay in my house and hang out with friends.

American Actress

Kameron Hurley

As an introverted kid who lived in the middle of nowhere, my stories made up the whole of my social life. That meant that while other kids cultivated hobbies like skateboarding or playing the piano, I sat at home scribbling in notebooks.

American Writer

Eric Stonestreet

Most people don't think of actors and people like us that are performers and out in the world as introverts, but I like to know I can trust someone first.

American Actor

Howie Long

I was a quiet kid. I was very introverted, believe it or not. I never spoke above a whisper. I was always, 'Yes sir.' I was raised that way.

American Football Player

Gautam Rode

In 'Nach... ', I go all out, but 'Saraswati... ' is an introvert character. The two things are totally opposite.

Indian Actor

Chris Barber

In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

English Musician

Douglas Costa

I'm someone with a very strong personality, I'm quite introverted.

Brazilian Athlete

Megyn Kelly

I was always a strong personality. I was never an introvert.

American Journalist

Brian Bosworth

I lead an introverted and boring life here in California.

American Athlete

Ory Okolloh

I have a very introverted real personality.

Kenyan Activist

Introvert implies preference for solitude, not necessarily shyness or social anxiety.

Social Preference

Being introverted doesn't mean one is antisocial or dislikes people, but enjoys alone time to recharge.

Not Antisocial

The concept of an introvert can vary culturally; some societies might value or stigmatize it differently.

Cultural Differences

Introverts draw energy from within, meaning they feel more energized by time alone than with others.

Energy Source

Introverts are often reflective, focusing on thoughts and feelings internally rather than external stimulus.

Internal Focus

Introverts may be quiet in groups not because they have nothing to say, but because they process internally.

Misinterpreted Quietness

In zoology, 'introvert' describes an action similar to 'withdraw' and is not about personality.

Biological Action

This definition of introvert is used strictly in a biological context and not for humans.

Specific to Animals

 this story about summer camp I could have told you fifty others just like it all the times that I got the message that somehow my quiet and introverted style of being was not necessarily the right way to go and that I should be trying to pass as more of an extrovert and I always sense deep down that this

The power of introverts...

 and there's many different interests why would you want to be stuck in a lab I always remember that that I wasn't cut out for science because scientists were introverts that's what we think the ideas were outnumbered this documentary photography project came from high school girls I was asked to be a

Portraits of Women...

 that somehow my quiet and introverted style of being was not necessarily the right way to go, that I should be trying to pass as more of an extrovert. And I always sensed deep down that this was wrong and that introverts were pretty excellent just as they were. But for years I denied this intuition,

 and talks to anyone, Sarah ... and I'm an introverted ideas person who finds extroverts energizing but a bit intimidating. Despite our differences, we both had an ambition to climb the ladder and have a successful career. We were motivated by how far and how fast we could progress,

Sarah Ellis and Helen...

 Today, an introvert is someone who finds alone time restorative, an extrovert draws energy from social interaction, and an ambivert falls somewhere between these two extremes. The notion of an innate, unchanging personality forms the basis of all these tests.

Do personality tests...

 right now without insulting the speaker yes I saw the horrified looks on your faces even through the glare of these spotlights so this is how so many introverts feel about the team-building exercises we are forever obliged to

Blueprint for a quiet...

 it was very loud activism, it always involved lots of people, it was performing. None of it was for introverts, and I not only thought that that wasn't fair, because a third to a half of the world's population are introverts,

Activism needs...

 But the truth is, for many introverts, remote work is kind of a nightmare. Now that the pandemic has chased many of us out of our offices, we're chafing under the new remote rules of too much screen time;

3 steps to stop remote...

 Extroverts lie more than introverts. Men lie eight times more about themselves than they do other people. Women lie more to protect other people. If you're an average married couple,

How to spot a liar PIPE...

 But in the third great arena of life, love, Len is an abysmal failure. And the reason he was, was that Len is a cold fish. Len is an introvert.

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Social Preference

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