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Quotes of the Day for 19 June 2004 - Names

It was on this day in 1917 that England's King George V, responding to public opinion on the war with Germany, declared that all of his family should change their names, eschewing German ranks and surnames. The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gothe became the House of Windsor. Here are some quotes on Names.

It's not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. It's the one that says "To whom it may concern."
     - Anonymous Belfast resident, quoted in London Guardian, 1991

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
     - Bill Vaughan

Oh, no! She used the three name call.
     - Clarissa Darling

I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named for him.
     - Herbert Clark Hoover, 1874 - 1964

I would rather make my name than inherit it.
     - William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863

If you're not proud enough of your University's academic and sports excellence to have their name in the back window of your car, then you went to the wrong school.
     - Louie Bergsagel

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