Randy Pausch Quotes
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.
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I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it.
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I like growing up; I feel like I have an old soul. I like the age to match as much as it can.
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By playing on people's desire to belong to groups, Facebook creates a new, inclusive society. After all, Facebook is not like Harvard College. Anyone with access to the Internet can sign up.
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Marriage in our Constitution is very clear that it's a man marrying a woman, largely with a view to having a natural family, and if they are unable to do that, obviously then they can adopt.
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I love weights, but it's too far to get to the gym. So I make the farm my gym: I split wood and haul tires and do work on the farm, and that's sort of my weight training portion.
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Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
