- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in acting and writing, and I honestly thought I'd make my name as a scriptwriter one day. But somehow, I ended up in London in the early '70s, and that's where I had my David Bowie adventure.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the ability, but I didn't have the name. They could have built me, which is what they did with Deborah Kerr, but I don't think I was quite hot enough in the looks department, quite frankly. I was all talent and no looks.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name.
- Should
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- Nov 07, 2020
Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I counterfeited Mark Kostabi's artworks. During the eighties, Mark didn't paint his own paintings. Instead, he had other artists painting them, and he just added his signature. So what I did was to use some of the same painters, and signed his name myself.
- Happiest People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is a children's singer. His name is Red Grammer. He's literally one of the happiest people on the planet.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's not always easy to make a name for yourself. You've gotta earn it. Because nothing's ever given.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020