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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
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Baltimore
Maryland
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if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
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Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
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Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
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