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Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want
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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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