- Out
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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
- Government Policies
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- Nov 07, 2020
So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the people in the emergency room didn't know my name, they definitely knew my face because I was in there, like, every other week. I was one of those kids.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that my first name is Leo or that my last name is Tolstoy. I'm a storyteller.
- Halves
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way he tells it, George Michael was born to be a pop star. It's as if nothing else really mattered during his childhood. Even the name was part of the pop creation.
- Dead End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.'
- Glass
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- Nov 07, 2020
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.
- Dullness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The devil's name is dullness.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.
- Nov 07, 2020
You name it, we had it. It won't happen again. You're not going to duplicate this show.
- Infrastructure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We mustn't forget we chose the name 'WWW' before there was even one line of code written. We could do that because the Internet as an infrastructure was already there.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020