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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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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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We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
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Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want
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Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.
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No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
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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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The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.
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Don’t complain just work harder.
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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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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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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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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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I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.
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It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.
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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
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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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When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.
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We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.
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