- Moment
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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
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's your career, your face, your name. You have to be in control because if something gets messed up or something doesn't look how you want it to, you're the only one to blame.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.
- Nov 07, 2020
I also want to announce that I'm changing my name. I haven't told anyone. You get the scoop.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out like any other model - I didn't use my name as leverage. I went out with a portfolio and pounded the pavement and it was surprising how many people wouldn't see me because I was too short.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a girlfriend, but I don't really want to talk about her. I won't name her. She isn't in show business, has nothing to do with it. So I'd rather just keep her out of it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before my last year at Arsenal, when we won the FA Cup, I was really up and down, never really consistent, and never really put my mark on the team. I understand that then there were question marks over my name.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The initials BP used to stand for British Petroleum, but like Kentucky Fried Chicken, they changed their name to improve their image. Apparently, 'Petroleum,' like the word 'Fried,' connoted a company too oily for American tastes.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is Portuguese, and in Portugal, it is traditional to take your mother's maiden name as a middle name. My mum is called Tough.
- Emily
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- Nov 07, 2020