1. The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
1. "You have become so good that every mistake you make has a spotlight on it."
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Michael Sokolove, Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher
2. "she had no fear of the spotlight, only of the places it did not reach."
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David Halberstam, The Powers That Be
3. "The problem is that urgencies—the most vivid and immediate circumstances—will always hog our spotlight."
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Chip Heath, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
4. "The spotlight never fixes our insecurities. It only magnifies what we thought popularity would cover up."
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Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than
5. "What grabs our mental spotlight is illicit sex, violent death, and Walter Mittyish leaps of status. Now"
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Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
6. "It’s more convenient to have a hero waiting in the wings than to endure a blowhard standing in the spotlight."
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Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz
7. "The thing about a spotlight is that you have to step into it. You have to get onto that stage."
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David Levithan, Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
8. "Furthermore, any teaching that puts the spotlight of attention on the workings of the ego will necessarily provoke egoic reaction, resistance, and attack."
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Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
9. "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."
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Haruki Murakami, After Dark
10. "The moon passed overhead in its path from the Vinkus, and she felt its accusatory spotlight, and moved back from the tall windows."
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Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West