- Farmer
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.
- Clout
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
An Isaac Mizrahi fashion-show ticket signed by Steven Meisel. I rushed up to Meisel at the end of the show and asked him to autograph the card that had his name and seating assignment on it. It was an incredible moment when he shot the autumn/winter 2014 Moschino campaign.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
Market timing, by the way, is a tag some buy-and-hold investors use to put down anything that involves using your brain. These are the same people who like to watch the locomotive coming and get run down in the name of discipline.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It messes me up sometimes when I go on stage and people say my name wrong. Say my name wrong with all these different syllables. I've heard everything. My name is easy as 1-2-3. Jer-eh-mih, syllable-wise.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a record of montage sounds in '99 under the name Korena Pang, but it was never put out because it didn't do it for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
My name is James Guckert. Well, when you read it, it's always pronounced some other way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use a pseudonym, because my real name is very difficult to pronounce, to remember, and to spell. And many people who have been talking about me on television have yet to pronounce it correctly.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020