Name Changes Quotes

• Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast, do it dirtiest.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Art, Fighting, Hands

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.475, Penguin

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• I don't think I have changed my personality as much as I have evolved as a human. Before the name change, I was very timid, very self-conscious. Just not very confident. When I changed my name, it came from a place of power.

  Skylar Grey

  Thinking, Self, Names

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.

  James Surowiecki

  Sports, Nike, Blue

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• The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.

  Alexandra Fuller

  War, Fighting, Men

  Alexandra Fuller (2014). “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic”, p.31, Pan Macmillan

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• The reason I did the name change is simple. I wrote a bunch of autobiographical material and I was really enjoying myself doing it, and in two of the songs I quote two different people (referring to me as Mr. Stace). And it just hit me at some point that it was ludicrous for me to think of myself as Wesley Stace, publish novels as Wesley Stace, be Wesley Stace and not have it released as Wesley Stace.

  John Wesley Harding

  Song, Simple, Thinking

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• Honestly, I don't think Victoria has too many Secrets left... might be time to prayerfully consider a name change.

  Mark Hart

  Thinking, Names, Secret

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.37, Franciscan Media

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• Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.

  James Surowiecki

  Names, Acquisition, Mergers

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• When something feels really big, too big to handle, just go very small. Just go real small, just look at the person next to you and look in their eyes and meet the person next to you, find out their name, change one person's life and make one call, write one letter, give one dollar. Whatever small thing feels like what you can do - it changes the course of the ship and that is all it is.

  Amy Poehler

  Real, Eye, Writing

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• What matters is performances, regardless of what the name is, whether it's The Rock - which is my nickname and people call me that all the time - it's no big deal. So, whether it's The Rock or Dwayne Johnson, in terms of being recognised I just think that the goal is to be recognised as a good actor. I don't put much thought or weight into the name, or the name change, or what it is, or what does it mean? It's just a nickname.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Mean, Thinking, Names

  Source: movieweb.com

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