I'm like a unicorn; I'm a midlist writer who hasn't done anything else but write. But because I wasn't amazingly famous, I didn't become Stephanie Meyer, or even a huge literary name like a Jonathan Franzen or a Joshua Ferris.
Gabrielle Zevin
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The stage calls my name.
Keegan Allen
NameStageCalls
Even through 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League,' I have yet to have that instant recognition and at such an early stage, where people totally didn't know my name, but they knew my face immediately.
Nate Torrence
SmartPeopleFaceNameRecognition
Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
PeopleMeNameGoCheerWherever
My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
Gareth Gates
MusicMomentMeSingingWorldName
Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name.
Katharine Ross
MarriageChildrenNameFeelingsJust
I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.
Nathan Lane
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
Yoko Ono
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.
Florence Welch
FriendMusicMeDriveThoughtName
I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.
George Best
PeopleNameSaidFirstRightSell
To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
Nancy Duarte
MeStartNameYouPowerfulMovement
I used to be called Waddy Jones. But I changed my name to Ninja because it's more me.
Watkin Tudor Jones
MeNameMoreUsedBecauseNinja
I like to make my name of songs strange.
Flula Borg
NameStrangeMakeLikeSongs
Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.
George Foreman
BestNameBetterYouSomethingGet
What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
Naomi Klein
ValueNameYouWantBuildPossible
I was an early user of AOL - so early, I didn't even have a number after my user name. For me, email was once vital, both for personal and business uses.
Walt Mossberg
BusinessMeNameEarlyPersonal
I came up with the album name 'Please Don't Be Dead' because I felt like we'd lost our way as a society - and I know what happens when you chase the wrong things. It's the story of my life.
Fantastic Negrito
LifeSocietyStoryNameMy LifeYou
I have so many favorite authors; I can't name just one.
Gena Showalter
NameFavoriteJust OneJustMany
My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.
Malachi Throne
ChangeGoodMeNamePlaySaid
When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
Warren Littlefield
WorldNightLookingVoiceNameLate
There isn't a country I ain't touch in Africa. I just came back from South of France, I toured China, Japan, wherever you name, 60,000 people come out to see Fat Joe.
Fat Joe
PeopleNameFatYouBackCountry
I don't much like things to go by somebody's name, like the 'Bob Jones Group Jam Band.'
Isaac Brock
NameGoGroupBandThingsLike
The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves, and then the name of the slave master was given, which we refuse, we reject that name today and refuse it. I never acknowledge it whatsoever.
Malcolm X
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My last name is Taylor. So in school, every time we got a project, I'm at the end. So I get to see the whole class do their project. Then, when it comes time to do mine, of course I'd pass, and the teacher wouldn't have too many questions.
Valee
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