Randy Pausch Quotes
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
Quotes to Explore
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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I know, as an actor, you have to negotiate, but I can't handle the whole idea that art and commerce are synonymous. It drives me nuts.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.
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I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.
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Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.
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My parents are very democratic and liberal people who made the mistake of being democratic and liberal in the upbringing of their children! And in my case, they are still paying for it! Paying in the literal sense as well.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
