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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
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Supreme wasn't meant to be a brand... It's a good name, but it's a difficult one to trademark.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Renaming a class at one level is really easy; you just change the name. But how do you change all the references to that class and all the imports?
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just as easily be a quality of metrical as of free verse.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only news most people ever hear about the inner city comes from grim headlines; the only residents they can name are characters on 'The Wire.' Of course, ignorance of a community doesn't stop outsiders from having opinions about it or passing laws that govern it.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attica. The name itself has long signified resistance to prison abuse and state violence.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We knew we'd never find someone called Rock Hard, which was our ideal name, and for a while we toyed with the idea of just creating the character but never letting him get seen.
- Emergency
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have a sudden emergency, earthquake, hurricane, you name it, we want to be able to have a National Guard officer able to command federal forces.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
The will leadeth us to God, or to the devil; it availeth not whether thou hast the name of a Christian; salvation doth not consist therein.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been said that I formed The Wallflowers to hide my name but, really, I've always wanted to be in a band - right from the day my friends and I soundproofed a garage with bed-covers for our first rehearsal.
- Named
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jalen is a universal name, and girls also are named Jalen.
- Nov 07, 2020
When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall. It's spelled with two l's, two a's. We have a song in my family; G-Y-Double L - EN - HAAL spells Gyllenhaal. It's a Swedish name. It's a family heirloom set to music.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
People know my name, and because of that, I have more leverage as a professional fighter. And as a professional fighter, as a professional wrestler, that is something we are all battling for. We want to make our brand a name brand and a household name. And that essentially gives us more leverage and helps us provide for our families.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone.
- Cute
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- Nov 07, 2020
We thought Raffie Ritchie sounded really cute when shortened. His older brother Rocco helped choose the name - we were throwing ideas out there as a family, and it stuck from early on.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020