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We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
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Baltimore
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Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
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