Randy Pausch Quotes - Page 7

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• One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

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  Real, Educational, Keys

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• Complaining does not work as a strategy.

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  Doe, Complaining, Strategy

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.218, Hachette UK

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• When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

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  People, Frustrated, Enough Time

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

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• if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

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  Party, Arrogant, Third Parties

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

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• It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

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  Smart, People, Easy

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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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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

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  Passage Of Time, Passages, Things To Do

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• I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

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  Suffering, Abundance, Politeness

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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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  People, Giving, Use

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

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• Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

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  Wall, Bricks, Helpful

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

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• But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

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  Daughter, Falling In Love, Growing Up

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

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• What he said was: "You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere." And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.

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  Boys, Advice, Bars

  "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy Pausch's last lecture at McConomy Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University, www.youtube.com. September 18, 2007.

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• Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

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  Rare Person, Waiting, Reason

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• I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

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  Kids, Parent, Needs

  "The last lecture".

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• I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?

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  Sorry, Faults, I'm Sorry

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• Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.

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  Real, Science, People

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• I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

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  Beach, Children, Trying

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

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• The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.

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  Fashion, Thinking, People

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• Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.

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  Real, Reading, Vacation

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.102, Hachette UK

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• I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

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  Hard Work, Writing, Voice

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• until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

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  Ice Cream, Ice, Fields

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• All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

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  Couple, Long, Together

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• I don't believe in the no-win scenario

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  Believe, Winning, Don't Believe

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

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• Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

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  Next Day, Needs, News

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• To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.

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  Home, Blessing, Use

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