Randy Pausch Quotes - Page 2

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• You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

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  Attitude, Love You, Care

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

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  Life, Beats, Born

  YouTube Channel "R2Agent"/"Randy Pausch addressing the CMU 2008 graduating class", www.youtube.com. May 19, 2008.

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• You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

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  Tigger, Last Lecture, Ifs

  "'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Dies at 47", www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2008.

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• The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

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  Listening, Important, Matter

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• When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

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  Stuff, Way, Last Lecture

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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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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  Moving, Last Lecture, Hard

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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• Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

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  Wall, Want, Tests

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• It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

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  Life, Inspiring, Karma

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.321, Hachette UK

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• When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

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  Elephants, Rooms, Introducing

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

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  Business, Smart, Team

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.186, Hachette UK

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• Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.

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  Friends, Years, Long

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• Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

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  Running, Mean, People

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.51, Hachette UK

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• You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

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  Passion, Looks, Use

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• We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

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  Long, Matter, Life Is

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• The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

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  Success, Failure, Pitfalls

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.147, Hachette UK

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• Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

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  Mean, Say Anything, Assistants

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

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  Jobs, Mail, Sorting

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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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  Perseverance, Giving Up, Struggle

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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• Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

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  Dream, Inspiration, Sight

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

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  Children, Helping Others, Important

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

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  Hurt, Apology, Three

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.

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  Plans, Ifs

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• There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

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  Children, Self Esteem, Hard Work

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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• Find the best in everybody. 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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  Long, Evil, Waiting

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

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  Love You, Care, Last Lecture

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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