- Good
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child of six or seven my father would show me the chapter in the prophet Isaiah where the name Immanuel is found; more than once he spoke to me of the faith he put in me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything - apart from Imogen Poots.
- Ambivalence
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hispanic' is a reference to Hispania, the name by which Spain was known in the Roman period, and there has always been strong ambivalence toward Spain in its former colonies.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself; the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
- Ambition
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
- Horrible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn't conjure up any positive thoughts.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.
- Star
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name.
- Nov 07, 2020