Randy Pausch Quotes
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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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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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There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
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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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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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I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.
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Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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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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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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It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.'
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Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
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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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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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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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Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
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Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
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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!
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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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Never give up.
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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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When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
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Make your office comfortable for you, and optionally comfortable for others.