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“Being famous is not all that one should want in life...there is much more to life than name and fame.”

Want Should Names Fame Being Famous More To Life

“Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.”

Names Sides Responsibility Compassion Moral Cases Safety Discussion Restraint Safety Net Moral Responsibility Proxy

Author:Todd Young

“I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.”

Firsts Ideas Three Names Sight South Novelists Love At First Sight

Author:John Perry Barlow

“I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.”

Believe Ideas America Names I Believe Written Threat Tolerance Fascism Flags American Flag Fascism In America

Author:Dennis Prager

“If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior?”

Ifs Needs Law Passion Names Social Born Religious Behavior Greed Hunger Obvious Envy Lust Narcissism Secular Meanness Anti Social

Book:A Dark Time in America

Source: A Dark Time in America

“The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.”

Men Firsts Persons Lasts Mother Names He Man Ice Managers Shops Boss Cream Ice Cream First Person

Author:Mona Simpson

“My name? Of course it helps. If youve got it, use it. Im proud of it, for sure.”

Ifs Helping Use Courses Names Proud

Author:Margaux Hemingway

“I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.”

Ifs Humans Choices Names Human Beings Quality Endeavor High Quality Good Choices

Author:Nate Silver

“Knockemstiff is a collection of short stories set in the holler of the same name in southern Ohio where I grew up. I tried to link the stories together through the place and some recurring characters.”

Character Stories Together Names Grew Grew Up Collections Links Southern Short Story Ohio Recurring

Author:Donald Ray Pollock

“If you go to Norway, Finland, Russia or Australia, youll see Xerox or Fuji-Xerox people, not just the name on the door. We have human beings who live and work and serve customers everywhere around the globe.”

People Ifs Humans Names Human Beings Doors Customers Russia Australia Globes Norway Finland Xerox

Author:Ursula Burns

“So, Im thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of The Joker as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house.”

Thinking House Names Player Brother Tradition My Family Cards Bridges Champion My Brother Sense Of Humor Contracts Villain Associates Playing Cards

Author:Jerry Robinson

“If I can assign names as well as pictures to objects, the right assignment of them we may call truth, and the wrong assignment of them falsehood.”

Ifs Wells May I Can Names Objects Falsehood Assignments

Author:Socrates

“We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.”

Needs Shows Names Cities Compassion Arms Angel Red Hollywood Wings Spread Generosity Carpet Red Carpet Open Arms City Of Angels

Author:Maria Shriver

“Every Muslim leader must unequivocally proclaim that terror committed in the name of Islam violates the core tenets of the Prophet Mohammed, and they must do so repeatedly. Period.”

Names Leader Periods Islam Terror Committed Core Prophet Prophet Mohammed

Author:Mike Pompeo

“Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.”

Men May Together Suffering Jesus Names Christ Perfect Jesus Christ Endure Empowering Perfect Man

Author:Ignatius of Antioch

“I wield my spear in the name of justice!”

Names Justice Spears

Author:Zhao Yun

“We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for.”

Needs War Fighting Names Greed Imperialism

Author:Cindy Sheehan

“Still putting out the O'Reilly fires of me being a traitor and using Casey's name dishonorably, my in-laws sent out a press statement disagreeing with me in strong terms; which is totally okay with me, because they barely knew Casey. We have always been on separate sides of the fence politically and I have not spoken to them since the election when they supported the man who is responsible for Casey's death. The thing that matters to me is that our family - Casey's dad and my other 3 kids are on the same side of the fence that I am.”

Men Stills Matter Kids Law Names Strong Sides Term Fire He Man Dad Okay Responsible Election Presses Statements Our Family Fence In-laws Traitor Things That Matter

Author:Cindy Sheehan

“I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.”

Want Said Shows Bigs Film Actors Names Mets Hollywood Hbo Hollywood Films

Author:Chris Lilley

“If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism.”

Ifs War Names Social Class Drug Racism Function War On Drugs Social Control

Author:David Simon

“One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should just be my name. For me it doesn't make much sense since the music is from me and about me. I haven't ever been in a band.”

Feels Should Names Havens One Day Band Music Is

Author:Sharon Van Etten

“The name Reflect It Back comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else.”

Giving Ideas Names Seeing Giving Back Seeing Yourself

Author:Max Carver

“My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.”

Names Smarter Fifth Fifth Graders

Author:George Smoot

“I love trains. I dont even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first class, but theyre not.”

Mind Firsts Names Class Stupid Train Western First Class Carriages

Author:Tim Rice

“I know life sometimes can get tough! And I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, We have been given a road, And that road's name is... Rock and Roll!”

People Knows Has Beens Sometimes Names Given Rocks Tough Drag Rock And Roll

Author:Paul Stanley

“It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.”

Ifs Names Ability Strange

Author:Shahrukh Khan

“Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'”

Said Two Names Canada Signifying Aca

Author:Goldwin Smith

“I used the name Jane Roe because I didnt want my personal name to be involved in it.”

Want Used Names Involved Jane

Author:Norma McCorvey

“To be a Ranger is to sense the sacred trust of upholding all that such a name means in this shrine of football. They must be true in their conception of what the Ibrox tradition seeks from them. No true Ranger has ever failed in the tradition set him.”

Mean Names Football Tradition Sacred Being True Conception Rangers Shrines

Author:Bill Struth

“I believe the message in the hymn "Rise Up, O Men of God" (Hymns, no. 324) is a plea, a call, a divine invitation for us to rise above the telestial tinsel of our time; to deny ourselves of ungodliness and clothe ourselves in the mantle of holiness; to reach and stretch and grasp for that spiritual direction and sacred empowerment promised to the Lord's agents, to those charged to act in the name of our Principal, Jesus Christ; and to point the way to salvation and deliverance and peace in a world that finds itself enshrouded in darkness, a world that yearns for spiritual leadership.”

“The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldnt live up to their name. I was the singer in the band and as long as I was enjoying myself I would keep on working with the band. But it got to be rather nasty once the big money showed up - things started to turn toxic.”

Long Bigs Turns Names Enjoy Animal Enemy Worst Band Singers Toxic Nasty Worst Enemy

Author:Eric Burdon

“LinkedIn's got a little progress bar. It wants you to do things like sign up 10 of your friends. It does that near the end. At the beginning it's like, 'You put in your name. 20 percent progress! How about some other information?' People want to fill in that progress bar. They like to complete a task. They like to check a box.”

People Want Littles Doe Ends Names Progress Information Like You Percent Tasks Boxes Bars Checks Linkedin

Author:Jesse Schell

“I hope I dont give music a bad name.”

Giving Names

Author:Tiny Tim

“I want to make a name for myself.”

Want Names

Author:Fatima Siad

“John Kerry says that foreign leaders want him to be president, but that he can't name the foreign leaders. That's all right, President Bush can't name them either.”

Want Names President Leader President Bush Want Him John Kerry

Author:David Letterman

“John Kerry was the big winner in Iowa. Ted Kennedy introduced Kerry as the 'comeback kid.' That used to be Bill Clinton's name - because every time he would come back to a city, he would find out if he had a kid or not.”

Ifs Bigs Kids Used Names Cities Bills Clinton Used To Be Winner Comeback John Kerry Iowa Ted Kennedy

Author:Jay Leno

“There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.”

Important Mother Father Names Leader Greater Parenthood

Author:Sheri L. Dew

“A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your mouth.”

Knows Names Products Mouths Hot Roof Soup Chips Tasty

Author:Caroline Leavitt

“Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be "Stands in Confusion".”

Ifs Would Be Names Confusion Indian

Author:Caroline Lawrence

“The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game.”

War Games Names Media Football Fairs Baseball Debate Analysis Boxing Contests Analogies Testosterone Fair Game

Author:Jonathan Raymond

“Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.”

Knows Needs Kind Play Character Names Attitude Roles Reader Costumes

Author:Kurt Busiek

“Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.”

Long Government Names Rights Drug Competition Marketing Brands Grants Exclusive Brand Names

Author:Marcia Angell

“To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.”

People Reason Names Crime Commit Print

Book:Dictionary of Accepted Ideas

Source: Dictionary of Accepted Ideas

“Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states.”

Giving Said States Lasts Names Chance Loss Week Philosophical Election Yesterday Iowa Hampshire New Hampshire

Author:Jay Leno

“The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.”

People War Country Names Progress Institutions Tendencies Reform Manners Tone Liberalism Customs Pretext

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

“What is Valentines? Is it a restaurant name?”

Names Restaurants Valentine

Author:Yoseob

“War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.”

Ifs Should War Faces Names Should Have Staring

Author:Aaron Huey

“More people have been killed in the name of God than for any other reason.”

People Has Beens Reason Names

Author:George Carlin

“To pray in the name of Christ is to pray as one who is at one with Christ, whose minid is the mind of Christ, whose desires are the desires of Christ, and whose purpose is one with that of Christ.”

Mind Desire Purpose Names Christ Praying

Author:Samuel Chadwick

“Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.”

Names Numbers Honor Glory Rivers Abstract Village Concrete Obscene Farewell To Arms Glory And Honor

Book:Hemingway on War

Source: Hemingway on War

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