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Name Quotes

"Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode."

"Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode."

Lee Konitz, American Musician

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"I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else."

"I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else."

Mike Judge, American Producer

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"My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?"

"My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?"

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

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"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."

"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

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"And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar."

"And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar."

Alan Vega, American Musician

Name, Style, Voice

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"The stuff we did under the name the Rentals got so chaotic."

"The stuff we did under the name the Rentals got so chaotic."

Matt Sharp, American Musician

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"I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock."

"I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock."

Rock Hudson, American Actor

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"I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody."

"I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody."

Dee Snider, American Musician

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"I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive."

"I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive."

Joey Lauren Adams, American Actress

Name, Pain, Passion, Sound

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"Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant."

"Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant."

John Pearson, British Theologian

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"The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about."

"The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about."

Nana Visitor, American Actress

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"Whatever you do gives you the name it gives."

"Whatever you do gives you the name it gives."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Name, Success, Branding, Life

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