Randy Pausch Quotes
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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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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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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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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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.'
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I've always admired people who are over-prepared. In college, I had a classmate named Norman Meyrowitz. One day he was giving a presentation on an overhead projector' and the bulb subsequently went out. The class thought the presentation was over. 'It's okay,' Norm announced . . . and he went to his backpack and grabbed an extra bulb he brought with him.
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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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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom.
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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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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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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
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I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
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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 don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
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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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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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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'
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If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.