We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
Randy Pausch Quotes
When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.
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There’s an academic tradition called the ‘Last Lecture.’ Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there’s an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn’t hypothetical.
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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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The metaphor I’ve used is… somebody’s going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won’t be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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Birth: | 23rd October, 1960 |
Death: | 25th July, 2008 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Computer Scientist, Professor |
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