Named Quotes
817 Named quotes by 669 unique authors
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The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named.
— Martha Graham
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A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our own…
— Janine Benyus
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The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to talk about a…
— Malik Zulu Shabazz
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Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters…
— Linford Christie
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There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over the head with…
— Meat Loaf
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Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
— Lionel Messi
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
— Jack Horner
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The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns.
— George Blagden
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For months, my parents had been trying to prepare me for the arrival of a real sibling. They had given me a doll to play…
— Ezekiel Emanuel
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Had a dog. I had many. I grew up in rural Washington before I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and my first dog…
— Justin Kirk
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My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn - I was named after her - and…
— Unknown Author
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
— Kangna Ranaut
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You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female cliches that are…
— Wendi McLendon-Covey
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I think that, in all of my time, I got just one fan letter, from an NFL fullback named Darian Barnes. NFL players might not…
— George R. R. Martin
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A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books…
— Jon Katz
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey…
— Magic Johnson
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I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met a man named…
— Pete Seeger
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My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day.
— Lupita Nyong'o
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I have a Maltipoo named Blondie. She is so cute!
— Ashley Tisdale
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I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got…
— Madonna Ciccone
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I have a Guinness Book of World Records entry as the most-watched person on television; now I have a new entry as the only man…
— David Hasselhoff
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I was named after my two uncles. Roger Lee and Richard Allen. They simply changed the spelling to Leigh-Allyn to make it more feminine.
— Leigh-Allyn Baker
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If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a…
— Dikembe Mutombo
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I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry…
— Gin Wigmore
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When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named…
— Joe Posnanski
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