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The questions are always more important than the answers.

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
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Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.
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Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that
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And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.
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Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
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The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.
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The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.
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I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.
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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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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai
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Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.
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