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I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Randy Pausch

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
Motivational Speaker
Pedagogue
Professor
University Teacher
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Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?
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Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
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We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.
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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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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
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Don’t complain just work harder.
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