#nickname

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.' ↗

— Dane Cook

#mom #nickname

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. ↗

— Jack K. Cooke

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Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#nickname #nicknames #title #titles

My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#feet #folks #get #got #heads

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker. ↗

— Richard Roeper

#give #holds #life #nickname #poker

I don't have any nicknames. ↗

— Sally Ride

#i #nicknames

Taggle, meanwhile, made himself popular, killing rats and bringing a rabbit into camp every evening, preening in the praise - silently, thank god, though at night, he recounted choice bits to Kate: "Rye Baro says I am a princeling; he split the leg bone for me so that I could eat the marrow. They love me. And I'm sure they'll keep you, too." Mira, she thought, and treasured it each time she heard it, They must keep me. Family. ↗

— Erin Bow

#belonging #boasting #hope #longing #talking-animals

Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name. “Does your mother call you Pigeon?” “No.” “Then to me you are Paul.” ... “Nathan Sutter,” the teacher read. “My mother never calls me Nathan.” “Is it Nate?” “She calls me Honeylips. ↗

— Brandon Mull

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