Randy Pausch Quotes
I'm hanging in there, trying to spend as much quality time with my wife and kids as possible, and though it's very frustrating to know I won't beat the cancer, there's a great satisfaction in knowing that I'm walking off the field with no regrets.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
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Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.
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All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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I'm impressionable, that's for sure.
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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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If we know it's happening, and we're not having the discussion, we're contributing to the problem of making it seem like people can't open up.
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I'm hanging in there, trying to spend as much quality time with my wife and kids as possible, and though it's very frustrating to know I won't beat the cancer, there's a great satisfaction in knowing that I'm walking off the field with no regrets.
