- Making
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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
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf, or sometimes Jake Sayraf. He made the change when he was a teenager, prior to the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. So I don't think it was motivated by any anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother. His background is far more complicated than his name would suggest. Furthermore, the fact that I was a child during the hostage crisis has caused me to equate being Iranian with being alienated.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are in this business long enough, you hear about a thousand things that are going to kill you. Open source? Yeah, we are not dead yet. Cloud? That's not new; it's a new name.
- Knew
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not a coincidence that Fusion middleware and applications have the same name. We knew what we needed it to be.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020