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I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

Randy Pausch

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
Motivational Speaker
Pedagogue
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
Dying
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Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
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I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.
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A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
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Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.
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Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
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Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education
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Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
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I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.
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When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.
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When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.
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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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Respect authority while questioning it.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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