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Name Quotes

"I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff."

"I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff."

Richard D. James, English Musician

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"I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams."

"I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams."

Treat Williams, American Actor

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"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 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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"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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"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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"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."

"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

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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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"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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"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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