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    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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I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it.

I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it.

by Pat Day 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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You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.

You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.

by Deborah Boliver Boehm Found in: Names Quotes,
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I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.

I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.

by Humphrey Gifford Found in: Names Quotes,
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One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die

by Evelyn Waugh 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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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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The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to read more

The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.

by Adolf Hitler Found in: Victims Quotes,
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