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"There are major writers who have written books [based on my research]. If one looks carefully at the copyright page, you'll see my name. Writers of the stature of Mailer and even bigger. All over the world."
"When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first."
"Where I went in my travels, it's impossible for me to recall. I remember the sights and sounds and smells clearly enough, but the names of the towns are gone, as well as any sense of the order in which I traveled from place to place."
"Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love."
"The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names."
"Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them."
"Though most of the friendships of the world ill deserve the name of friendships; yet a man may make use of them on occasion, as of a traffic whose returns are uncertain, and in which 'tis usual to be cheated."
"Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice."
"There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know."
"My philosophy has always been, you don't put your name in front of a movie."
"A lot of very, very big stars were going down and not being seen or heard from again. Kirk took a huge chance in putting a blacklisted writer's name on the screen and somehow or other, he survived it, like he survives everything."
"Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life."
"I call him Governor Bush because that's the only political office he's ever held legally in this country. I don't care where they hang his portrait, I don't care how big his library is. To me, he'll always be "Governor Bush." I don't even capitalize his name when I type it anymore."
"Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . ... Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents."
"Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? After our subtlest analysis of the mental process, we must still say that our highest thoughts and our best deeds are all given to us."
"We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by."
"I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot."
"Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name."
"Is evolution just another name for God?"
"Nancy's got a guardian angel. Seven feet plus of muscle and mayhem that goes by the name of Marv."
