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