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Awkward Quotes (page 6)

All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. Her inarticulateness made us believe we were eloquent. Her poverty kept us generous. Even her waking dreams we used--to silence our own nightmares. Toni Morrison
For what can give a finer example of that frankness and manly self- confidence which our great public schools, and none of them so much as Eton, are supposed to inspire, of that buoyant ease in holding up one's head, speaking out what is in one's mind, and flinging off all sheepishness and awkwardness, than to see an Eton assistant-master offering in fact himself as evidence that to combine boarding-house- keeping with teaching is a good thing, and his brother as evidence that to train and... Matthew Arnold
About Miss Debenham," he said rather awkwardly. "You can take it from me that she's all right. She's a pukka sahib."What," asked Dr. Constantine with interest, "does a pukka sahib mean?"It means," said Poirot, "that Miss Debenham's father and brothers were at the same kind of school as Colonel Arbuthnot was."Oh!" said Dr. Constantine, disappointed. "Then it has nothing to do with the crime at all."Exactly," said Poirot. Agatha Christie
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. Pat Morita
I think as any mother would be she was absolutely over the moon. And actually we had quite an awkward situation because I knew and I knew that William had asked my father but I didn't know if my mother knew. Kate Middleton
I was very awkward as a kid. I was a square trying to fit into a circle and it never worked for me. The harder I tried, the harder I fell. For some reason I was a real target and I got beat up and called names. Sarah McLachlan
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked. Maggie Grace
Selena Gomez quote: "I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know..."
I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do. Selena Gomez
Andrew Garfield quote: "I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly..."
I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still. Andrew Garfield
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince. Jodie Foster
Ralph Fiennes quote: "When I first filmed things, they were always slightly awkward."
When I first filmed things, they were always slightly awkward. Ralph Fiennes
Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. Federico Fellini
Roger Federer quote: "I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon...."
I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it. Roger Federer
You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. Janet Evanovich
Matt Emmons quote: "I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall,..."
I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl. Matt Emmons

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