Randy Pausch Quotes
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds, choir sounds, and then you can multi-task with all these orchestral sounds. Through the magic medium of technology, I can play all kinds of sounds - double bass and stuff.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
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I don't really like the slogan 'It boy.'
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When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.
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Did you figure out the second head fake? This talk's not for you. It's for my kids.
