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Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

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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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