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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 reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.
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No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better
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Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.
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Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.
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Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?
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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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Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
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Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
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Never make a decesion until you have to. He'd also warn me that even if I was in a position of strenght, whether at work or in a relationship, I had to play fair. Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
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If you have a question, then find the answer.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.
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It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai
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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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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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Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
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I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
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You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.
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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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