Randy Pausch Quotes
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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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I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
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Educators shouldn't be afraid of cliches. You know why? Because kids don't know most of them! They're a new audience. And they're inspired by cliches.
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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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If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
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Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
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Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
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Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
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Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
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Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!
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I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
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Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
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The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else. I’ve done it my whole career. And the head fake here is that they’re learning to program but they just think they’re making movies and video games.
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Never give up.
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You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
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Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
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I'm not going to beat the cancer. I tried really hard... but sometimes you're just not going to beat the thing... I wanted to walk off the stage and say anything I thought was important; I had my hour.
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The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.
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When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
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Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
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It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.
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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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Having been selected to be an author in the World Book, I now believe that Wikipedia is a perfectly fine source for your information, because I know what the quality control is for real encyclopedias - they let me in.