Randy Pausch Quotes
We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky.
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I don't go to royal parties or play polo on horseback. No, I don't hang out with the posh crowd, if that makes sense.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
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Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
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Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do that's special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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When I talk to CEOs, they're not educated about social media.
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It is somewhat remarkable that Cornwall has produced no musical genius of any note, and yet the Cornishman is akin to the Welshman and the Irishman.
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The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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I am always friendly with my co-actors and even other actresses, too.
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I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do. For the red carpet, I may add a brighter colored lip and darker eyes. But my standard is blush and mascara.
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Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking.
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I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it's slowly going to bite you in the butt.
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Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude.
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We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.
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We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky.
