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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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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
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Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it
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Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.
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I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
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Respect authority while questioning it.
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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.
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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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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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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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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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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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Look for the best in everybody
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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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If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.
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Complaining does not work as a strategy.
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We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.
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The questions are always more important than the answers.
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Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
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if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
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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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