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37 quotes by Susan Cain

Susan Horowitz Cain (born 1968) is an American writer and lecturer, and author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people.
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You will find this hard to believe, but I've never laughed as much as I did when I was a corporate lawyer. When you're working 16 hours a day... →

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Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step... →

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I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.

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I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

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Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real difference I think is in how it plays out, how it... →

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It's important for a parent to learn to take delight in a child whose behavior might seem mystifying. In the case of an extroverted parent with... →

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In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we... →

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The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

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Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

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I'm not saying abolish group work - I think there's a time and a place for people to come together and exchange ideas, but let's restore... →

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A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere... →

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As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

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Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of... →

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