I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.
Ben Mendelsohn
Related I know Elon, we're very like minded in many ways. We're not conceptual twins. One thing I wa... JEFF BEZOS When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec... GEORGE P. ELLIOTT I want to make sure that teenage girls know that if you decide to keep your child, you have to get a... PAULA GARCES I think it was a good thing that Joanie and Chachi married. ERIN MORAN I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act... AARON JOHNSON My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'... GARY CLARK, JR. The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to p... ZOE TAPPER We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, yo... STERLING MARLIN It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every d... MERYL STREEP We've had a premise and a game plan for that set aside all along in our plans -- a Plan A, Plan B, P... FLOYD REESE I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing my... EMMYLOU HARRIS I dont have a plan B. Because that will only distract me from achieving my plan A. - Robin Sharmin ROBIN SHARMIN You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something. YANI TSENG Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?' Jenks reddened. 'Grab the fish and run like hell,' he mutt... KIM HARRISON We have a plan B. LINDA LEE I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wa... J. D. SOUTHER There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A. WILL SMITH I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it. KYLE CHANDLER I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B. JAMES YORKE It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER We have had a very good season and it just keeps going. BECKY BOVELL I think spirituality is a good thing but I dislike any sort of dogmatic organization. NOAH TAYLOR It was my dream, but you have to think of your future. You have to have a Plan B. CODY ALLEN You think I tell you stories to teach you lessons ? the monster said. You think I ha... PATRICK NESS We'll keep our ears open, but nothing is pending. I really was hoping to get him. I don't have a pla... BRAD SODERBERG A lot of kids have parents who say, 'Music is hard; maybe you should come up with a Plan B.'... GERALD CLAYTON We should always have a plan B, but at the same time, treat plan A like it were our only option. IZEY VICTORIA ODIASE At least it had a good ending. I think I finished pretty good. ANGEL GUZMAN You probably need a seven- to nine-man pitching staff among starters to really get through a season.... JOE MADDON Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A. CHARLIE DAY I'm into it, I'm into MP3's; I think there's no way you're ever going to be able... BRITT DANIEL I think life is a chain of events. ZARA LARSSON I was not a very good mother. I was always running out to do a movie or something. If I had to do it... JOANNE WOODWARD I am not going to let this game define (my Army-Navy career). I am going to look at it as a very goo... ERIK ENGSTROM I feel I had a pretty good game, except for the two interceptions. If I had to give myself a grade, ... MATT GROTHE love , n. I'm not even going to try. DAVID LEVITHAN I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company. ELON MUSK My high school was a private school where you went to an Ivy League. That's just what was expect... TROIAN BELLISARIO I want him to go to school and have a Plan B and C and D. KATRINA CARTER I just kept playing. I'm not going to back down because I wasn't having a good night. GUILLERMO DIAZ I am having a good time doing nothing. PHYLICIA RASHAD The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion. DAVID COPPERFIELD I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy... CARROLL SHELBY I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time. SCOTT IAN In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Me... DONATELLA VERSACE My name is Olivia King I am five years old. My mother bought me a balloon. I r... COLLEEN HOOVER I wanted a mix of 'B' films and first-class films, because I don't look down my nose at 'B' films. W... BERNARD DICK I wanted a mix of 'B' films and first-class films, because I don't look down my nose at 'B' films. W... BERNARD F. DICK I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing. ROBIN COSTE LEWIS I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm defin... JAMIE FOXX Gypsy aren't only poor, but they are brutal and not so nice people. World has smashed them, that the... DEYTH BANGER Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I... CAROL BARTZ So I'm not about to apologize for loving all these things about you, no matter the reasons or the ci... COLLEEN HOOVER I am very into lyrics. I start with what the words are saying, what the storyline is saying, like a ... RAY CHARLES I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I thin... CARLY SCHROEDER I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how... TONY LA RUSSA Aaron: Dude, one thing the guy said is you don’t taunt voodoo.Zak: Am I taunti... ZAK BAGANS I can be a goofball sometimes. I love having a good time and being carefree. SPENCER BOLDMAN The thing about home is that it's a tough place to sustain a career, just by dent of the size of... BEN MENDELSOHN A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study... APURVA GAGLANI Ben had a pretty good day. His last home run was huge. DOUG SANKEY I might as well not go if that's not my plan. I'm planning on skiing a good run, a podium performanc... TOBY DAWSON The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS You know, I stumble about what I'm going to do. I don't plan. I've never had ambitions. BRYAN BROWN The first sequel thing I wrote was this 'Forever Dawn' thing that will never get out, becaus... STEPHENIE MEYER It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it. GEORGE H. W. BUSH I don't want to impose rules on people, but you have only a short window, and you're sorely ... MIKA BRZEZINSKI I didn't plan on going to college, at least not a full-time schedule. I still have that plan. I ... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN The way I've approached my career, I've always tried to be pretty good at everything. I thin... DANIEL NESTOR There is not a Plan B. It's up to the board to tell us what the next steps are. JAYME KUNZ What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of wha... JEAN DUJARDIN I'm not very good at going to parties and looking like I'm having fun. EDIE CAMPBELL Politics is a good thing! LARRY J. SABATO Caffeine is a good thing. MANOJ BHARGAVA I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realis... GWEN STEFANI MEMORY'S SO
TREACHEROUS.
ONE MOMENT YOU'RE LOST IN A
CARNIVAL
OF... ALAN MOORE It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day&... JAMES D'ARCY I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a ... ANDREW YOUNG It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. DOLLY PARTON If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good musi... LUKE BRYAN I think we are going to get a lot of what we got last year -- some good baseball and some not so goo... DAVE NICHOLS Americans are so direct. They'd ask me, 'What's your five-year plan? Do you have a five-... ASHLEY JENSEN I can be impatient. But I don't think it's always a bad habit. Sometimes a little impatience... BRANT DAUGHERTY The season has been going pretty good. I think I have a pretty good shot at the state title this yea... MITCH BAKER Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think b... BILL PLYMPTON Sometimes life gets in your
way.
it gets all up in your damn
way. COLLEEN HOOVER I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government... MILTON FRIEDMAN Jeff just didn't do anything we asked him to do. We had a Plan A and a Plan B but there's nothing yo... DAN BIRMINGHAM I don't seem to have ever had a plan, but I have always been quite good at walking through doors... JULIAN FELLOWES If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan. EDDIE IZZARD Not during any pre-college career did I ever have anybody who was a faculty member talk about Plan B... DENNIS JACOBS Biology The film turns out to be about bees. It is a film about a bee center. How crap i... LOUISE RENNISON I plan my time to a 'T.' I plan when I am going to sleep; I plan when I am going to relax. I... PAYAL KADAKIA I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, ... HARI KUNZRU In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think... BARBARA LYNN I had no precise plan when I started 'Electronica,' but I think it has been a very positive ... JEAN-MICHEL JARRE I was pretty nervous. I though I had a far shot at the medal. My plan was to keep going hard and hit... BRENT HAYDEN Growing up as a young kid, I was in a restaurant. So, you know, I always had a very good understandi... GRANT ACHATZ
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