Randy Pausch Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.
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My witness is the empty sky.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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That metre itself forms an essential part of all true poetry is a principle which not even the assertions of an Aristotle or the pronouncements of a Plato can disestablish.
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I'm very active, wild woman.
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There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
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If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.
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I can give you a definite perhaps.
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Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
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Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.
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Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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New York City life is different from all other city life. It's incredibly relentless and fast, and I think when I first got here, it was incredibly exciting. It was also so hot. I didn't know New York got so hot. I'm not a fan of the heat!
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Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.
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Make your office comfortable for you, and optionally comfortable for others.
