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The benefits... to keep Milwaukee in the limelight nationally and globally I think far outweigh the negatives here. – Cavalier Johnson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We want to put the rivers in the limelight, the motorways of the day, the voyages will take us past many of the great early settlements discovered by archaeologists in the last few decades. – Martin Carver	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is three in a row for [ brother ] Willie's kids and we're excited about it, sadie Robertson know, it's really pretty amazing because when the show first started, I think our only trepidation about doing a show where Sadie Robertson're kind of thrusting Sadie Robertson kids and Sadie Robertson teenagers into the limelight, I think that was all of our greatest fears, and for me as my grandkids because my kids are older. – Sadie Robertson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was emotional, i was happy, more than anything, that my kids got to be there and my wife. Its always nice to hear compliments, compliments are nice, let’s face it everyone likes it. I don’t like the limelight. I’m happy it’s over with because I like to fly under the radar. – Paul Stastny	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There’s a lot of jobs that depend on the cruise business in the states, unfortunately, for ports, not every state has a port. Every state has airports so that gets high visibility in the national limelight. Seaports don’t necessarily get that coverage because not every state has one. – John Murray	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Truth is, and I hate to say it, we are going to lose the greatest player of all time in terms of interest in a year or two when Roger stops, we have a new breed of men and women that are really exciting, great athletes, great attitude but they are missing out on a bit of the limelight while the likes of Federer and Rafa Nadal and Novak continue to play. – Mats Wilander	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The irony is, I think, I got the first national acclaim because I was mentioned unfavorably by the current occupant of the White House, i didn't go asking to be thrown into the national limelight. – Gretchen Whitmer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You know what [ the accusers ] are upset about, that they didn't get the limelight until they were on Lifetime television. – Lindsey Perryman-Dunn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I ca n’t tell you who the new witnesses are, we’re not giving up their identity, what I can tell you about the new witnesses is, one, they’re not looking for limelight. They’re not looking to have anyone pay them for interviews. In fact, two of them, we actually had to seek out and find. … I can tell you that their account certainly corroborates Dennis Davern. – Ralph Hernandez	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
He also ushered in a slew of unique, very personal and eclectic characters for DC such as the Question, Blue Beetle, Hawk and Dove and more, polite and unassuming -- he never sought attention or the limelight but in many ways represented the hidden hero he saw in all of us. #RIPsteveditko. – Jim Lee	Found on CNN 5 years ago
When you are looking at life-saving medications, looking at things that have the biggest barriers in terms of price or legality or infrastructure, [these] are the ones that are most in the political limelight, global health is at the front of human rights and women’s reproductive health is at the forefront of global health, so there is a natural choice to look at abortion drugs. – Michael Laufer	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
… If her problem cards are played well they could become a marketing goldmine, no one has ever said living in the limelight is easy, and Nicole has her 30-month-old, her contractors and national media that she has to balance. This could be a drama worth watching ! – John Huber	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
My heart right now is going to her four children, i always felt we stole the limelight from them. – Susan Olsen	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Obviously, you get recognized a little bit more and things like that, you realize how difficult the guys have had it who have been up there in the limelight for a lot of years, how much they've got to take control of their own time. – Englishman Willett	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It's important for those with influence to direct attention to the preventable risk factors for breast cancer and educate and empower women to make lifestyle changes that we know really matter in the fight against breast cancer, for example, the new screening guidelines proposed by the American Cancer Society for women at average risk for breast cancer. I'd love to see women in the limelight speak up about that. – Monique Gary	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We must put in the limelight those who support values that our close to ours, which is the case of Tel Aviv, a city that is often detested by the most radical Israelis. – Bruno Julliard	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't like being in the limelight. It is fearful whenever you do doing something like this. – Mark Meadows	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Keeping a low profile does not allow passion or excitement, unless it is restrained. Lying low does definitely not stand any limelight. – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old, mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life. – Julian Lennon	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think this is a clear signal that they do not want to invest behind the scenes any longer. They want to play a leading role, in the limelight. – Alberto Forchielli	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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	added by anonymous 10 years ago

The benefits... to keep Milwaukee in the limelight nationally and globally I think far outweigh the negatives here.

– Cavalier Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We want to put the rivers in the limelight, the motorways of the day, the voyages will take us past many of the great early settlements discovered by archaeologists in the last few decades.

– Martin Carver

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is three in a row for [ brother ] Willie's kids and we're excited about it, sadie Robertson know, it's really pretty amazing because when the show first started, I think our only trepidation about doing a show where Sadie Robertson're kind of thrusting Sadie Robertson kids and Sadie Robertson teenagers into the limelight, I think that was all of our greatest fears, and for me as my grandkids because my kids are older.

– Sadie Robertson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was emotional, i was happy, more than anything, that my kids got to be there and my wife. Its always nice to hear compliments, compliments are nice, let’s face it everyone likes it. I don’t like the limelight. I’m happy it’s over with because I like to fly under the radar.

– Paul Stastny

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There’s a lot of jobs that depend on the cruise business in the states, unfortunately, for ports, not every state has a port. Every state has airports so that gets high visibility in the national limelight. Seaports don’t necessarily get that coverage because not every state has one.

– John Murray

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Truth is, and I hate to say it, we are going to lose the greatest player of all time in terms of interest in a year or two when Roger stops, we have a new breed of men and women that are really exciting, great athletes, great attitude but they are missing out on a bit of the limelight while the likes of Federer and Rafa Nadal and Novak continue to play.

– Mats Wilander

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The irony is, I think, I got the first national acclaim because I was mentioned unfavorably by the current occupant of the White House, i didn't go asking to be thrown into the national limelight.

– Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You know what [ the accusers ] are upset about, that they didn't get the limelight until they were on Lifetime television.

– Lindsey Perryman-Dunn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I ca n’t tell you who the new witnesses are, we’re not giving up their identity, what I can tell you about the new witnesses is, one, they’re not looking for limelight. They’re not looking to have anyone pay them for interviews. In fact, two of them, we actually had to seek out and find. … I can tell you that their account certainly corroborates Dennis Davern.

– Ralph Hernandez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

He also ushered in a slew of unique, very personal and eclectic characters for DC such as the Question, Blue Beetle, Hawk and Dove and more, polite and unassuming -- he never sought attention or the limelight but in many ways represented the hidden hero he saw in all of us. #RIPsteveditko.

– Jim Lee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When you are looking at life-saving medications, looking at things that have the biggest barriers in terms of price or legality or infrastructure, [these] are the ones that are most in the political limelight, global health is at the front of human rights and women’s reproductive health is at the forefront of global health, so there is a natural choice to look at abortion drugs.

– Michael Laufer

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

… If her problem cards are played well they could become a marketing goldmine, no one has ever said living in the limelight is easy, and Nicole has her 30-month-old, her contractors and national media that she has to balance. This could be a drama worth watching !

– John Huber

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

My heart right now is going to her four children, i always felt we stole the limelight from them.

– Susan Olsen

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Obviously, you get recognized a little bit more and things like that, you realize how difficult the guys have had it who have been up there in the limelight for a lot of years, how much they've got to take control of their own time.

– Englishman Willett

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's important for those with influence to direct attention to the preventable risk factors for breast cancer and educate and empower women to make lifestyle changes that we know really matter in the fight against breast cancer, for example, the new screening guidelines proposed by the American Cancer Society for women at average risk for breast cancer. I'd love to see women in the limelight speak up about that.

– Monique Gary

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We must put in the limelight those who support values that our close to ours, which is the case of Tel Aviv, a city that is often detested by the most radical Israelis.

– Bruno Julliard

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't like being in the limelight. It is fearful whenever you do doing something like this.

– Mark Meadows

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Keeping a low profile does not allow passion or excitement, unless it is restrained. Lying low does definitely not stand any limelight.

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old, mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.

– Julian Lennon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I think this is a clear signal that they do not want to invest behind the scenes any longer. They want to play a leading role, in the limelight.

– Alberto Forchielli

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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