- Elite
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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
So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the late '70s, I had a band - the David Johansen band, for lack of a better name - and I started collecting, not records, but tapes from people I knew who had jump-blues records.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
All political careers end in failure, but few did it so quickly as David Cameron's. He came to power promising not to 'bang on about Europe' and ended up having the continent's name chiselled into the lid of his political coffin.
- Dating
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- Nov 07, 2020
'How I Built This With Guy Raz' asks entrepreneurs to tell the story of how they made their name and, in some cases, their fortune. Whether they're in the business of selling burritos or dating apps, there's inevitably something you can learn from their stories.
- Band
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- Nov 07, 2020
The packaging of Led Zeppelin's IV doesn't have the name of the band, doesn't have the name of the album: It's got a guy on the cover with a load of sticks on his back. This record didn't quite get to No. 1 in the United States - it went to No. 2 - but stayed on the charts for years and years and years.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons why 'Here's The Thing', Alec Baldwin's series of podcasts with 'artists, policymakers and performers', is so good is because he's a big name, so the guests have to deliver.
- Invention
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't just vote for people because they have a 'D' or an 'R' next to their name - make them have an 'A' next to their name for 'American.'
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity to play Broadway because they're not a name, and I think that's kind of wrong.
- Donor
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're black and have leukemia, the chances of finding a donor are drastically reduced. I added my name to the register, and lo and behold, six months later, I was asked to donate. I had a week of 'conditioning' where I had to take these pills and injections to create new stem cells in my body.
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much scientific research so vital to its future?
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020