- Examining
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna's voice in 'Needed Me.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, every time someone does a story on plastic surgery, my name will be dragged up. I've made it safe for other people to have plastic surgery. It's no longer a bad word.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.
- Embryonic
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- Nov 07, 2020
If out of concern over cloning, the U.S. Congress succeeds in criminalizing embryonic stem-cell research that might bring treatments for Alzheimer's disease or diabetes - and Dr. Fukuyama lent his name to a petition that supported such laws - there would be real victims: present and future sufferers of those diseases.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a name for people who create universes - they're called gods. There is no greater hubris than to think that we could take the place of godlike implications.
- Meetings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the meetings I get are in London, and in terms of travelling, I was getting so used to the Virgin train, I knew most of the staff by name.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your ability to name every single variation of Kryptonite and every first issue in which it appears is a great pop quiz skill, but is not a great writing skill, all right? So just because you can do that doesn't mean you know how to write.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a brief moment, after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, when even Bill Clinton recognized what had been done to Haiti in the name of 'free trade': the destruction of local markets and rice production.
- Graham
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
The name Air Supply sort of came from nowhere. I get a lot of my things in dreams and I just had a dream about it one night, and I woke up and said that's just got to be the name. That was in 1975.
- Bird
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- Nov 07, 2020
I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020