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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• Backup singers just bring so much more life to the situation. When a voice opens up, there comes the life.That's when it's a person-to-person connection.

  Lynn Mabry

  Voice, Connections, Singers

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• Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.

  Bill Lipinski

  Issues, Safety, Community

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• I don't think that I've ever been a backup.

  Joe Namath

  Thinking

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• Even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not just "Here's the record! Thank you for coming Goodnight" ... it has always had a "band" feel instead of being a singer and his backup band.

  Vince Gill

  Music, Play, Working Together

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• Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head

  Eddie Van Halen

  Funny, Inspiring, Music

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• The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses.

  Katie McGrath

  Gun, Rose, Singers

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• In aviation they have auto pilot and color radar and a lot of other instrumentation that is a backup for pilots. It's really brought the incidents of plane crashes way down. Same thing ought to happen in the medical industry, I think.

  Dennis Quaid

  Thinking, Color, Pilots

  "Dennis Quaid Interview - THE EXPRESS". Interview with Steve Weintraub, collider.com. October 7, 2008.

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• I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

  Henry Cavill

  Defeat, Bores, Plans

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• When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

  Robert Cailliau

  Recovery, Data, Humanity

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• If God is not with us, we do not want to continue. If the Sermon on the Mount is simply impractical, our mission work is hopeless. We have no backup plan. We have nothing but Him.

  Heidi Baker

  Want, Hopeless, Missions

  Heidi Baker, Shara Pradhan (2008). “Compelled by Love”, p.159, Charisma Media

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• I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

  Haruki Murakami

  Keys, Guy, Spotlight

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 27, 2014

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• This whole [presidential] election is being rigged. These lies, spread by the media, without witnesses, without backup or anything else.

  Donald Trump

  Lying, Media, Presidential

  Source: time.com

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• But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

  Mitch Albom

  Sad, Losing A Loved One, Fighting

  Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.10, Hachette UK

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• I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

  Julianna Margulies

  School, Sleep, Law

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• Now, the question of the hour is, "Who's got the Pandorica?" Answer: I do. Next question: Who's coming to take it from me? Come on! Look at me! No plan, no back-up, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else, I don't have anything to lose! So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing: Let somebody else try first.

  Matt Smith

  Smart, Silly, Gun

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who" ("The Pandorica Opens", 2010), (2005- ).

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• If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.

  Jack Valenti

  Dvds, Want, Copies

  "DVD-copy program tweaked after court order", CNN.com, February 23, 2004.

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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." Alec looked puzzled. "Who's Madonna?" "Who's the Queen of the Seelie Court?" said Clary. "She is the Queen of Faerie," said Magnus. "Well, the local one, anyway." Jace put his head in his hands. "Tell Isabelle no." "But she thinks it's a good idea," Alec protested. "Then tell her no twice.

  Cassandra Clare

  Queens, Thinking, Hands

  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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