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It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
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Randy Frederick Pausch
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A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.
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Complaining does not work as a strategy.
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Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
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We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.
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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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I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.
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