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God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples.
If you do goodness, do it in the name of goodness, not in the name of a religion! All goodnesses should be nameless!
I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock.
It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.
Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.
A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.
All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.
Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.
And speaking of females, if I call you by one's name while my fangs are plunged deep in your neck, just run with it.
I tend not to like an awful lot of what is going out under my name now because it is just all product. Who needs it?
You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.
Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very embarrassing.
My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did.
I really didn't want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be praised."
The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.
There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "
I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.
Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality.
That's the name of the game ... pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.
My plant is probably dead." Camryn looks slightly surprised. "You have a plant?" I smile. "Yeah, her name's Georgia.
A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.
So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for.
It doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character."
I was the third one in my family born, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with my name.
Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do.
Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon.
If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is.
For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of.
Then relationship happens. Before that it is just an empty name. Relationship cannot happen before the egos are gone.
My daughter MacKenzie is so important to me. I have a tattoo on my arm for her. My roommate gave me the name for her.
Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.
There are many names for winds derived from localities or from the squalls which sweep from rivers or down mountains.
"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.
'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.
And one more thing...You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?
I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.
In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.
It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.
The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind.
Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.
The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.
It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.
A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.