Randy Pausch Quotes
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Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have kids who have inherited their dad's usual energy level.
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When you're eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set men are landing on the moon - anything is possible. And that is something we need to not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and permission to dream is immense. … It's important to have specific dreams.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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Being successful doesn’t make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.'
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
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I played in football games where you walk off the field and the scoreboard didn't end up the way you wanted. But you knew that you really did give it all. And the other team was too strong.
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We're not going to talk about spirituality and religion. Although I will tell you that I have experienced a deathbed conversion. I just bought a Macintosh.
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Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
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Find the best in everybody. … you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
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We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
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I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
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There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.