Randy Pausch Quotes
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
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God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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I was seeking a real love, a real deal, and I have been seeking it for a lot of years. And in that seeking, I found that God's love is real.
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When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.'
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Delegation: No one is an island. You can accomplish a lot more with help.
