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And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
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Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn't
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If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
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Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.
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And I think that that's one of the best things you can give somebody – the chance to show them what it feels like to make other people get excited and happy.
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You don't find time for important things, you make it.
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A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he's absolutely right on that one.
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Coach Graham use to ride me hard... "you're doing it all wrong! Go back! Do it again!" An assistant coach muttered that it was a good thing Coach Graham rode me hard, because "when you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you."
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My dad was so full of life, anything with him was an adventure. [Shows picture of his Dad holding a brown paper bag] I don't know what's in that bag, but I know it's cool. My dad dressed up as Santa Claus, but he also did very, very significant things to help lots of people. This is a dormitory in Thailand that my mom and dad underwrote. And every year about 30 students get to go to school who wouldn't have otherwise. This is something my wife and I have also been involved in heavily. And these are the kind of things that I think everybody ought to be doing. Helping others.
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No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
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Delegation: No one is an island. You can accomplish a lot more with help.
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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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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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And he (Andy Van Dam) put his arm around my shoulders and we went for a little walk and he said, Randy, it's such a shame that people perceive you as so arrogant. Because it's going to limit what you're going to be able to accomplish in life. What a hell of a way to word "you're being a jerk." [laughter] Right? He doesn't say you're a jerk. He says people are perceiving you this way and he says the downside is it's going to limit what you're going to be able to accomplish.
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Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.
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Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.
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When you're eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set men are landing on the moon — anything is possible. And that is something we need to not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and permission to dream is immense. … It's important to have specific dreams.
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Make your office comfortable for you, and optionally comfortable for others.
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It took me a long time but I finally figured it out: when it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy.
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A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
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If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.
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Avoiding Procrastination: Doing things at the last minute is much more expensive than just before the last minute. Deadlines are really important: establish them yourself!
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Born:
October 23, 1960
Died:
July 25, 2008
(aged 47)
Bio:
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch was an American professor of computer science, human computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Known for:
The Last Lecture (2008)
Time Management (2008)
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