Randy Pausch Quotes

• Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.

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• Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.

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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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• Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

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• Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude… Don’t complain; just work harder… Never give up.

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• My mother took great relish in introducing me as ‘This is my son – he’s a doctor but not the kind that helps people.’

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• Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity – that’s a mistake.

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• It’s hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer – people who get it don’t live long enough.

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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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• If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

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• If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, ‘Tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add, ‘All the time.’

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• I’ve said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.

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• I’m dying, and I’m having fun.

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• I’ve never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.

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• I’m attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.

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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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• I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.

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• I don’t know how to not have fun. I’m dying and I’m having fun, and I’m going to keep having fun every day I’ve got left.

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• I didn’t know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

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• I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.

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Randy Pausch (52)

Birth:	23rd October, 1960
Death:	25th July, 2008
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Computer Scientist, Professor

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