#named

I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They tried to get her to have an abortion and she refused. So, my 'mama' adopted me, which was really her great aunt, which was really my great-great aunt, who was named Viola Dickerson. I was told that my mother was my sister. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#adopted #aunt #family #get #great

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character. ↗

— Kelsey Grammer

#also #because #case #chance #character

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#came #clark #country #first #had

In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander. ↗

— Harpo Marx

#brought #fall #home #named #our

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#begins #dying #eddie #end #man

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#also #arthur #behold #decided #fan

I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure. ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

#best #best friend #brooke #brooklyn #dad

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness. ↗

— Robert Blair

#dread #firmness #grave #her #men

Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#been #dozen times #hadn #half-dozen #i

I think my parents were high when they named me. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#i #i think #me #named #parents