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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
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if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
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We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.
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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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I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
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Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.
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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.
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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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What he said was: You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
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Respect authority while questioning it.
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We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.
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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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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.
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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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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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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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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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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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Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.
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