Backup Quotes

• I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

  Gwen Stefani

  Forever, Realistic, Performing

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• Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

  Chantal Kreviazuk

  Children, Weather, Singing

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• So many times through the course of a season you are defined by your backups. They have three players in [Kirk] Cousins, Niles [Paul] and [Bashaud] Breeland who may be better than the players that they’re replacing.

  Bill Cowher

  Cousin, Player, May

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Always have a backup plan.

  Mila Kunis

  Plans, Backup Plan

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• Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Real, Men, Mirrors

  Linux-kernel Mailing List, www.webcitation.org. July 20, 1996.

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• The dreams that you hold for your future are what you dream about at night. They’re always at the back of your mind. They’re what your heart desires. They keep you going. Accept reality and have a backup plan, but always follow your dreams no matter what.

  Miley Cyrus

  Dream, Heart, Night

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• Me as a backup center? Hell no.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Hell

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• Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to enhance intellectual and spiritual unity.

  Ruth Nanda Anshen

  Spiritual, Recovery, Data

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• Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks.

  Roberto Luongo

  Hockey, Nhl, Goalies

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• What kind of plan B?" Hale asked. He was almost holding his breath when a voice answered, "My kind." Macey tried to read the look on his face then, but it was gone in a flash. It had been a simple moment of peace and joy and pure happiness. That voice made Hale happy. It kept him calm. It was his backup and his conscience. Macey couldn't help herself, she envied him.

  Ally Carter

  Simple, Voice, Joy

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• A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail.

  Malorie Blackman

  Mean, Thinking, Vocabulary

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• What did Isabelle want?" Jace asked. Alec hesitated. "Isabelle says the Queen of the Seelie Court has requested an audience with us." "Sure," said Magnus. "And Madonna wants me as a backup dancer on her next world tour.

  Cassandra Clare

  Queens, Dancer, World

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.543, Simon and Schuster

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• Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slit somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear.

  Ilona Andrews

  Kids, Body, Motto

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• They walked to school, talking about how much they were longing for the summer holidays. "Oh, I am planning things," said Jamie. "Great, great things. I could join a band." "You gave up the guitar after two lessons." "Well," he said, "I could be a backup dancer." "Backup dancers have to wear belly shirts and glitter," said Mae. "So obviously, I support this plan.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Summer, School, Holiday

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.220, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything good in there, T? Niko quipped. You need backup or anything? Bag of marshmallows to roast over that little campfire you just started?

  Tina St. John

  Needs, Bags, Littles

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• It's so logical and so simple. Fat is the backup fuel system. The role it plays in the body is that when there's no carbohydrate around, fat will become the primary energy fuel. That's pretty well known.

  Robert Atkins

  Simple, Play, Energy

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• For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment - “backup dancer” isn’t even in my vocabulary.

  Laurieann Gibson

  Artist, Vocabulary, Dancer

  "Laurieann Gibson: ‘Backup dancer’ isn’t even in my vocabulary". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 27, 2011.

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• My family was always very supportive. Whether you're an actor or not, everybody hears the horror stories of people going to L.A. and trying to be an actor, and their dreams are crushed, and they end up working for the IRS. So they were always protective to the point that they wanted me to have a backup plan, which is understandable, but there was always something inside of me that knew: backup plan, schmackup plan.

  Zachary Levi

  Dream, Horror Stories, People

  RELEVANT magazine Interview, relevantmagazine.com. April 30, 2003.

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• It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

  Angela Lansbury

  World, Singers, Choir

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• What you do is ultimately pointless. You could be replaced any day of the week with the first moron who walks in the door. So work as little as possible, and spend a little time (not too much, though) 'selling yourself' and 'networking' so that you will have backup and will be untouchable (and untouched) the next time the company is restructured.

  Corinne Maier

  Business, Work, Doors

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• There is no one quite as popular in any form of football as the backup QB.

  Verne Lundquist

  Football, Form

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• Don't let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.

  Bob Goff

  Purpose, Plans, Uncertainty

  FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Apr 28, 2015

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• Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization.

  Bruce Sterling

  Civilization, Would Be, Good Times

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• I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.

  Patti Davis

  Should Have, Careers, People

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