Randy Pausch Quotes
Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.
Quotes to Explore
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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A 'first meeting' is, by definition, a one-time opportunity, and there's no going back. Over the course of my career, I've been on both sides of inspiring first meetings that energized me for the next stage of a partnership and disappointing first meetings that left me uncertain about next steps.
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There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.
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Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery.
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In my life so far, I have discovered that there are really only two kinds of people: those who are for you, and those who are against you. Learn to recognize them, for they are often and easily mistaken for each other.
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Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.
