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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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We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.
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Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
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He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.
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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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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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Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it
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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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There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.
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Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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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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Respect authority while questioning it.
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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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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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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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If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.
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There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.
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It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.
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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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