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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
Writer
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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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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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What he said was: You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
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I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain just work harder.
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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
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Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t
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The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.
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If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.
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Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.
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Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.
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A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.
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Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.
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We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.
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Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
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It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai
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There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give it's something they have to build.
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).
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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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