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Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

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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
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Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.
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An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.
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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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The questions are always more important than the answers.
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You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.
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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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Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'
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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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The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.
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Complaining does not work as a strategy.
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I've always admired people who are over-prepared.
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A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
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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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Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
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No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?
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