American - Educator | October 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008
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.
Randy Pausch
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I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it.
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Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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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'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 will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
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Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
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Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!
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