Limelight Quotes

• We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Men, Oil, Office

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• There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Girl, Wrecks, Shade

  "Fictional character: Holly Golightly". Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961.

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• My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

  Al Pacino

  Shy, Firsts, Language

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

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• Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You dont have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can.

  Buck Owens

  Jealous, Thinking, Light

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• Being in the limelight has its minuses.

  Jon Postel

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• What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Desire, Wicked World, Want

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• I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

  Anne Heche

  Honest

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

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• Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Thinking, Special, Honestly

  "Kelly Clarkson: A Pop Star Survives". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. January 7, 2012.

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• Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what’s difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That’s very tricky.

  Tori Amos

  Thinking, Careers, Two

  "Tori Amos’ ‘Night Of Hunters’ Examines Broken Relationship". Interview with Deborah Finding, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2011.

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• I have always been focused on my job. No profession allows you the luxury of being half-focused. If you're not into it, you're not there. And the film industry is all the more harsh in these cases, perhaps because it's a business of the limelight.

  Deepika Padukone

  Jobs, Luxury, Half

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

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• In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Dog, Ordinary, Green

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• I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

  Clive Owen

  Years, Young, Feels

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• If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.

  Luke Bryan

  Sexy, Fun, Nice

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• I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. Were loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Thinking, People, Dying

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

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• I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

  Ricky Williams

  Thinking

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• Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.

  Joan Collins

  Eden, Lists, Actresses

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• Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Truth, Honesty, Character

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

  Jiah Khan

  Air, Spotlight, Certain

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• I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

  Rachel Stevens

  Done, Proud, Feels

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• Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Writing, Perfect

  "Fictional character: Calvero". "Limelight", www.imdb.com. October 16, 1952.

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• I hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Hate, Sight, Blood

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• I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.

  Thierry Henry

  Stars, Player, Awards

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• That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Long, Design, Enough

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• The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.

  Vera Farmiga

  Believe, Tricky, Isolated

  "A Film of One's Own". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. September 3, 2006.

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• When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

  Placido Domingo

  Artist, Young, Ready

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