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Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
Randy Pausch
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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
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Motivational Speaker
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Baltimore
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Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
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