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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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Randy Frederick Pausch
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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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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
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Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.
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It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.
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The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.
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The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
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All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: We worked hard at it.
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Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'
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The questions are always more important than the answers.
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He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.
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Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
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Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.
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