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"A good name is rather to be chosen than riches."
King Solomon
"A good name is rather to be chosen than riches."
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"I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do."
Heidi Klum
"I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do."
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"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"
Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"
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"What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on."
Emile M. Cioran
"What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on."
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"If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."
Max von Sydow
"If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."
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"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."
Charles Eastman
"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."
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"I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union."
Aldrich Ames
"I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union."
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"I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names."
Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names."
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"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."
James Franco
"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."
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"It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters."
Peter Benenson
"It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters."
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"So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap."
Joan Van Ark
"So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap."
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"When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano."
Bob Hope
"When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano."
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"I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to do more than I already had: just the double agents' names that I gave."
Aldrich Ames
"I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to do more than I already had: just the double agents' names that I gave."
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"If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist."
Enrico Fermi
"If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist."
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"I'll name names, you know I won't hold back."
Steven Cojocaru
"I'll name names, you know I won't hold back."
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"Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next."
Famke Janssen
"Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next."
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"I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork."
Julia Louis Dreyfus
"I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork."
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"I was the good Bond girl, but I wanted to have the dresses and the high heels. I wanted the funky, sexy name."
Izabella Scorupco
"I was the good Bond girl, but I wanted to have the dresses and the high heels. I wanted the funky, sexy name."
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"Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent."
Maxwell Maltz
"Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent."
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"Well I know I was contracted to Polydor so they couldn't use my name."
Jim Sullivan
"Well I know I was contracted to Polydor so they couldn't use my name."
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"Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make."
Man Ray
"Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make."
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"We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything."
John Hunter
"We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything."
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"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."
Bob Marley
"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."
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"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."
Dave Mustaine
"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."
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"Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name."
Simon Newcomb
"Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name."
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"Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name."
Anna Nicole Smith
"Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name."
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"I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?"
Carrie Snodgress
"I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?"
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"Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch."
Robert Morley
"Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch."
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"The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox."
Rem Koolhaas
"The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox."
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"I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great."
Bryan Ferry
"I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great."
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"Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head."
John Strachan
"Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head."
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"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."
Charles V
"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."
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"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians."
Anthony Quinn
"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians."
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
William Shakespeare
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
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"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
John Lennon
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
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"You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them."
Harrison Ford
"You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them."
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"James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid."
James Denton
"James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid."
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"Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about."
Richard Widmark
"Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about."
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"Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes."
Patrick Stewart
"Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes."
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"The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins."
Jack K. Cooke
"The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins."
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"It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs."
Dougray Scott
"It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs."
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"When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing."
Christopher Walken
"When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing."
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"I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name."
Gregory Peck
"I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name."
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"I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment."
Geddy Lee
"I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment."
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"Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name."
Matthew Shipp
"Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name."
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"I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop."
Holly Johnson
"I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop."
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"I used the name Jane Roe because I didn't want my personal name to be involved in it."
Norma McCorvey
"I used the name Jane Roe because I didn't want my personal name to be involved in it."
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"If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game."
Carl Reiner
"If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game."
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"Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything."
GG Allin
"Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything."
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"My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage."
E. Howard Hunt
"My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage."
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