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    Ah! replied my gentle fair,
    Beloved, what are names but air?
    Choose thou, whatever suits the line:
    Call me Sappho, call me Chloris,
    Call me Lalage, or Doris,
    Only, only, call me thine.

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On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name!

On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name!

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If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest read more

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Names Quotes,
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Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.

Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.

by Ronald Blythe Found in: Names Quotes,
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Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.

Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Names Quotes,
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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings; and read more

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow
up as calves of the stall.

by Bible Found in: Names Quotes,
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I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed read more

I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.

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My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.

My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.

by Richard Watson Gilder Found in: Names Quotes,
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Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

by Bill Vaughn Found in: Names Quotes,
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I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and read more

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been labeled "the bisexual defector." Want to know another secret? I'm even ambidextrous. I don't like labels. Just call me Martina.

by Martina Navratilova Found in: Names Quotes,
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