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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If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
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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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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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Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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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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There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
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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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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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Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
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Never give up.
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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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Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
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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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When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
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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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Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
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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.
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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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It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.'
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Failing to plan is planning to fail. Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each Semester. You can always change your plan, but only once you have one!