What's in a name?

William Shakespeare

Tag: meaning names



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There are cultures in which it is believed that a name contains all a persons mystical power. That a name should be known only to God and to the person who holds it and to very few privileged others. To pronounce such a name either ones own or someone else's is to invite jeopardy. This it seemed was such a name.

Diane Setterfield

Tag: names



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They called him John Storm: John after his grandfather, but Storm after his father and his mother.

John Crowley

Tag: names naming john-storm-drinkwater



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What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now.
You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank.
Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.”
Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up.

Jessica Valenti

Tag: men woman women feminism insults names sexism double-standards womanhood eye-opening gender-inequality



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I guess it could be worse. My name could be Tlaquepaque, or Irkutsk, or Pyongyang. Or, you know, Pittsburgh. Sometimes I flip through the atlas just to remind myself of all the names that would be worse than mine.

Tamara Summers

Tag: humor names atlas jack jakarta



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None of us have a real name, Leonidas, just names we like and names people give us.

Kendra L. Saunders

Tag: names inanimate-objects leonidas-bondi



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names are a way to keep people in your mind

Maggie Stiefvater

Tag: names



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Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemos.

Bernard of Cluny

Tag: loss roses purity corruption names decline disappearance void ubi-sunt



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Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

Joe Abercrombie

Tag: time death fame names



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Despite a few exceptions, I have found that Americans are now far more willing to learn new names, just as they're far more willing to try new ethnic foods... It's like adding a few new spices to the kitchen pantry.

Firoozeh Dumas

Tag: food names american kitchen spices



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