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Name Quotes

"And so with all things: names were vital and important."

"And so with all things: names were vital and important."

Algernon H. Blackwood, British Author

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"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."

"Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing."

Bai Ling, Chinese Actress

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"I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived."

"I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

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"I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible."

"I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible."

Mary Steenburgen, American Actress

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"In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special."

"In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

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"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."

"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."

Ashley Montagu, English Scientist

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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."

"It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

Name, Needs, Project

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"Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors."

"Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

Name, Names, President

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"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."

"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

Name, Deep, Post, Washington

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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

"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

"Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough."

"Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough."

Elton John, English Musician

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