Definition of Limelight

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Limelight

That part of the stage upon which the limelight as cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated. Hence, consspicuous position before the public; as, politicians who are never happy except in the limelight.

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Limelight Quotations

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

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

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.
Brian Clough

I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
Eric Idle

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

Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight.
Moira Kelly

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't 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

I'm very comfortable in having a strong team. I'm very comfortable in sharing the limelight with the team.
Sanjay Kumar

You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me.
Bob Seger

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.
Ed Harris

Limelight Translations

limelight in French is feux de la rampe
limelight in German is Rampenlicht
limelight in Italian is luci della ribalta
limelight in Swedish is rampljus

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