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“My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.”
Alice Sebold
“Goldenrod Moram had a first name that sounded like it belonged in the middle of a fairy tale, where she would be the dazzling princess in need of rescuing.”
Sarvenaz Tash, The Mapmaker and the Ghost“They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?”
Richard Ford, The Sportswriter“President Barack Obama and many liberal-minded commentators have been hesitant to call this Islamist ideology by its proper name. They seem to fear that both Muslim communities and the religiously intolerant will hear the word “Islam” and simply assume that all Muslims are being held responsible for the excesses of the jihadist few.I call this the Voldemort effect, after the villain in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books. Many well-meaning people in Ms. Rowling’s fictional world are so petrified of Voldemort’s evil that they do two things: They refuse to call Voldemort by name, instead referring to “He Who Must Not Be Named,” and they deny that he exists in the first place. Such dread only increases public hysteria, thus magnifying the appeal of Voldemort’s power.The same hysteria about Islamism is unfolding before our eyes. But no strategy intended to defeat Islamism can succeed if Islamism itself and its violent expression in jihadism are not first named, isolated and understood. From: Maajid Nawaz's article titled, 'How to Beat Islamic State', December 11th, 2015.”
Maajid Nawaz“When I married Mr. Right I didn't know his first name was Always.”
Anne Gilchrist“Nope, there wasn't any getting out of this. Real first name meant business.”
Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Charade“When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.”
Rita Rudner“The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.”
Maggie Kuhn“The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.”
Maggie Kuhn“The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.”
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