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I was timid about that, but he said, “You need some weird Louis s— in there.”

“We write together to express our serious concern that the bold reforms urgently needed to secure Europe’s digital future are being placed at risk by slow and timid actions from your Commission,” the letter says.

Quan’s natural effervescence, however, gave his characters an energy and spirit that defied the expectation that these geeks had to be timid or socially awkward.

A £50,000 reward has been offered for information on the unsolved murder of a "timid" and "trusting" man found dead in Salford.

Another staffer tells me: "There is no fire, no passion, no vision – we are timid and flat-footed."