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• The nickname (Ice Princess) is just based on my looks on the outside , once you get to know me , you'll get to like me.

  Jessica Jung

  Princess, Ice, Looks

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• When I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames are usually given to you by people who are your friends and who know you.

  Rooney Mara

  College, People, Keds

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size.

  Doris Lessing

  Cutting, Names, People

  Doris May Lessing (1994). “Under my skin”

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• At school my nickname is the National Anthem girl.

  Diana DeGarmo

  Girl, School, Anthem

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• What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied out of any desire form privacy, is not democracy; it is kindergarten.

  Judith Martin

  Desire, Democracy, Privacy

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• The aim of every woman is to be truly integrated into the Corps. She is able and willing to undertake any assignment consonant with Marine Corps needs, and is proudest of all that she has no nickname. She is a "Marine."

  Katherine Amelia Towle

  Marine, Able, Needs

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• We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known to us was probably a nickname bestowed by his followers. According to one source, it meant ‘He who spoke truth like an oracle’. Rather than entrust his mathematical and philosophical ideas to paper, Pythagoras is said to have expounded them before large crowds. The world’s most famous mathematician was also its first rhetorician.

  Daniel Tammet

  Philosophical, Names, Ideas

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• When I got the camera on the shoulder, they give me a nickname. They call me 'the tripod' because I'm kind of short and kind of strong. So if I take the camera and I lock myself, you think that you're on a crane.

  Luc Besson

  Strong, Thinking, Giving

  "Sundance Interview: Luc Besson and Rie Rasmussen of Angel-A". Interview, www.firstshowing.net. February 6, 2007.

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• Earlier today, President Bush said Kerry will be a tough and hard-charging opponent. That explains why Bush's nickname for Kerry is math.

  Conan O'Brien

  Math, President, Opponents

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• I used to have hair so long, my nickname was Pocahontas.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Hair, Long, Used

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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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• Back in the day I took a lot of supplements and tons of amino acids. Still do. But back then it was pretty unusual. That's how I got the nickname The Chemist.

  Frank Zane

  Acid, Back In The Day, Unusual

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• Most of us have nicknames-annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name?It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called.Ever wonder why?Your true name has the secret power to call you.

  Vera Nazarian

  Names, Secret, Wonder

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• There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.

  Hesiod

  Light, Evil, Easy

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• Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool nickname will regret it by getting just the opposite from his astronaut friends.

  Michael J. Massimino

  Regret, Opposites, Giving

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• I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Careers, Dodge, Fortunate

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• My nickname is Dickie Jukebox.

  Richard Simmons

  Jukebox

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

  Creed Bratton

  College, Fire, Iron

  "Questions and Answers With Creed Bratton". Interview with Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. February 15, 2013.

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• Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am.

  Hoodie Allen

  Growing Up, Who I Am, Names

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• OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known.

  Bill Gates

  Dad, Names, Confusing

  "The Bill Gates Interview: A candid conversation with the sultan of software about outsmarting his rivals". Interview with David Rensin, tech-insider.org. July 1994.

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• Ain't nothing greater than an x-rater with a nickname like Vibrator.

  Snoop Dogg

  Greater

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• I come from that earlier time in America when palm pilot was a nickname you recieved upon entering puberty! I was more than a palm pilot I was the palm Chuck Jager. Tom Wolfe wrote a book about me called The Right Hand Stuff. I was the only guy in my class hip enough to move to the European grip.

  Dennis Miller

  Moving, Book, Hands

  "Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. April 12, 2003.

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• Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname.

  Demetri Martin

  Example, Want

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• I called it Kinko’s because of my nickname — because I had this really kinky hair. If you think about it, the first thing a baby learns is ‘Googoo, gaga,’ and if you think of good businesses like Kodak, Xerox, Google, people remember consonants — which was why Kinko’s was a good name. But really I had this big head of curly hair and before being called ‘Kinko’ I was ‘Pube Head.’ So I thought Kinko’s was better than Pubo’s.

  Paul Orfalea

  Baby, Thinking, Curly Hair

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• In a new campaign ad, Jeb Bush referenced 'The Godfather' and said his nickname used to be 'Veto Corleone' because he vetoed so many bills in Florida. When you're the third person in your family to run for president, maybe you shouldn't bring up a movie trilogy where the third one was clearly the worst.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Florida, President

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