- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Name Quotes
A name carries more history than it seems.
These quotes explore names from a few sides - living with a name that carries an unusual meaning, the messy improvised way band names actually get chosen, and the pride of having your name tied to a brand you believe in. See I Am Quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist - if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.
- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought that being in the UFC is what the name suggests: Ultimate Fighting Championship. As time went on, people started learning to use the rules that suit them.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. is friends with dictatorial regimes, then invades places like Iraq and Afghanistan, and what happens afterwards is a catastrophe. In the place of their leaders, fundamentalist movements that use the name of Islam spring up, and all that's left is terror and bloodshed.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily, for reasons no one knows - she certainly doesn't - who called me Avi. It stuck. It's the only name I use now.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the issue that no one else named - to spotlight it, to advocate for it. That's where all advocacy begins. I've asked different questions. I've raised different issues.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of the LGBTQIA community.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing on Saturdays, seeing 75,000 people yell your name, 88, ASJ, and all of that stuff is great.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020