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• The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

  Damon Hill

  Being Single, Athlete, Thinking

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• Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

  Roger Kahn

  Clever, Boxing, Way

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• I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

  Tom Wopat

  Singing, Come Up, Audience

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• I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

  Angie Everhart

  Lonely, Thinking, Pulling

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• The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.

  Alexander Haig

  People, Quality, World

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• I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.

  Emmy Rossum

  Thinking, Media, People

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• I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

  Patricia Heaton

  Needs, Actresses, Fulfillment

  Patricia Heaton (2002). “Motherhood and Hollywood: How To Get a Job Like Mine”, p.117, Villard

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• I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Basketball, Winning, Thinking

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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 admire the type of individual who’s comfortable "putting himself out there."

  Susan Cain

  Thinking, Self, Individuality

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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• I was never one to seek out the spotlight.

  Angela Cartwright

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

  Haruki Murakami

  Keys, Guy, Side Dishes

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 27, 2014

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• What I'm concerned about is the views of many Democrats who know their states, who know how hard it is to win a general election. And it also will push whoever the nominee is into the spotlight. I've been vetted. There's hardly anything you don't know about me. And I think it's fair to say that whoever is in that position, Senator Bernie Sanders or anyone else who might have run, will face the most withering onslaught.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Thinking, Winning

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

  Vincent Cassel

  Stage

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• I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

  Riccardo Muti

  Shy, Arrogant, Might

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• This is what I signed up for. I’m not here going ‘Oh, they’re so mean to me, and it’s so hard for me.’ What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight. They pay me for it.

  Ali Larter

  "Sir Mix-a-Lot Hearts Kate Beckinsale" by Charlotte Hilton Andersen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2008.

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• As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes.

  Seth Green

  Memories, Fall, People

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• It's amazing to impact people's lives - it's a cool thing to have the spotlight and be able to reassure people, to say, "It's OK to be you."

  Kelly Clarkson

  Impact, People, Able

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Lost, Careful, Ifs

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• Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow cast on our path.

  Beth Moore

  Shadow, World, Path

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• One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

  Liya Kebede

  Taught, Modeling, One Thing

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• When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

  Holly Goldberg Sloan

  Drama, People, Care

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.223, Penguin

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• I'm not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.

  Annie Lennox

  Living My Life

  "The Look: Annie Lennox". Interview with Harry Brant, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2014.

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• I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

  Miranda Otto

  Made

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• Stay out of the spotlight. It fades your suit.

  Lew Wasserman

  Suits, Fades

  "Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire" by Kathleen Sharp, New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003.

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• The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you, it radiates from within you.

  Marianne Williamson

  Stars, Becoming, Reason

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