Spotlight Quotes - Page 9

• I don’t really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I’m not operating on somebody’s brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it’s all funny.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Funny, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Sachin Bhola, www.askmen.com. March 3, 2011.

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• Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.

  Sloane Crosley

  Artist, Attention, Packages

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• I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Living My Life, Paparazzi, Fronts

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• I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Ifs, I Can

  "Harvey Fierstein Opens Up About His Fiery Op-Ed on Russia's Anti-Gay Campaign (Q&A)". Interview with Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.

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• I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.

  Anne Hathaway

  Thinking, Trying, Actors

  Interview with Chelsea Handler, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2011.

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• I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

  Heath Ledger

  Funny, Actors, Enjoy

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• Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

  Mandy Moore

  Girl, Growing Up, Self

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• I love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don't need any more.

  Katy Perry

  Song, Needs, Radio

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• The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.

  Robert Redford

  Animal, Rights, Long

  “Robert Redford: What I've Learned” by Matthew Belloni, www.esquire.com. August 18, 2014.

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• The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

  Wayne Rooney

  Mean, Lifestyle, Footballer

  "Wayne Rooney cheats on pregnant wife Coleen with £1k-a-night prostitute" by Simon Wright, www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2010.

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• I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight.

  Edward Snowden

  Spy, Adults

  "Snowden made cautious approach to Post reporter, said he knew the risk he's taking". www.foxnews.com. June 9, 2013.

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• The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.

  Shania Twain

  Nerves, Littles, Red

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.

  Tina Yothers

  Being Happy, Nice, Jokes

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• Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue.

  Julian Baggini

  Lazy, Different, Hue

  "Great minds don't think alike" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2008.

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• For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

  Christine Quinn

  Running, Littles, Mayors

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• For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Hero, Epic, Climbing

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• The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen.

  Ai Yazawa

  Moon, Phones, Magic

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• They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own bright spotlight.

  Anna Godbersen

  Play, Moments, Finest

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• And, now, come to this spot Where the spotlight is hot And you'll see in the spotlight A Juggling Jott Who can juggle some stuff You might think he could not... Such as twenty-two question marks, Which is a lot. Also forty-four commas And, also, one dot! That's the kind of Circus McGurkus I've got!

  Dr. Seuss

  Thinking, Two, Twenties

  Dr. Seuss (1956). “If I Ran the Circus”, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I think there absolutely are so many lessons that can be learned from sports and so many different positive things that don't necessarily get the spotlight and the attention.

  Kristopher Belman

  Sports, Thinking, Different

  "Before Being An NBA Superstar, LeBron Was Just 'Bron'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 14, 2009.

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• Before, I was always the kid that was in the background. It was hard for me to get casted in even one program, and when people thought that I was a guest on a show for the first time when I had been on before, it saddened me. Suddenly getting the spotlight? That's! Not! True!

  IU

  Kids, People, Guests

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• People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth. Go for great, no matter what they say.

  Robin Sharma

  Self Worth, Average, People

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• The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.

  Susan Cain

  Art, Thinking, Persistence

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.264, Broadway Books

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• I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years.

  Gemma Ward

  Taken, Past, Media

  "Gemma Ward opens up about her life with Heath Ledger" by Billy Rule, www.heraldsun.com.au. January 29, 2011.

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• My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

  Holly Madison

  Girlfriend, Motivation, Hate

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