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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I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same. Gratitude is essential to happiness. Every time our children rush up to us and smile, we have something to be happy about; every time we get out of bed and can take a deep breath and go out for a walk, we have something to be happy about-that is the essence of a happy existence. Happiness is a muscle we must use, or it will wither away.
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I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.
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Time magazine has selected their person of the year. Guess what, it's President-elect Barack Obama. Yeah, ironically, Ebony magazine announced their person of the year, and it's Ed Begley Jr.
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An improv team would have eight guys and one woman; that was still pretty standard. If you were a woman improviser, it was actually kind of an advantage because, if you were halfway decent, you'd get a lot more stage time.
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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.
