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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
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
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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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If you have a question, then find the answer.
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I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.
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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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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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No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?
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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 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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But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.
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Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.
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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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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.
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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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If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).
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The questions are always more important than the answers.
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somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.
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