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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
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University Teacher
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Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
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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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Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
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No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
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Never make a decesion until you have to. He'd also warn me that even if I was in a position of strenght, whether at work or in a relationship, I had to play fair. Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
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I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?
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We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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