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Randy Pausch Biography

Randolph Frederick Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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If you have a question, then find the answer.

Answer, Answers, Ifs, Question

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

Childlike, Giving Up, Gratitude, Lose, Thank You, Work

educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?

Ability, Coach, Get Better, Real, Self, Way

We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

Cherish, Keep, Valuable

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

Audience, Important, Listening, Matter, Size

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.

Call, Lunch, Phone, Phones, Short, Thinking

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

Reading, Real, Time, Vacation

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

Believe, Everything, Life, Men, Shows

Focus on other people, not on yourself.

People, Focus, Last Lecture

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

Fancy, Fundamentals, Stuff, Work

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.

Beach, Children, Music, Painted, Painter, Trying

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

Last Lecture, Stuff, Thing, Way

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

Fun, Having, Importance, Underestimate

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.

Learning, Somebody, Teaching, Think, Thinking, Way

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Figure, Life, Lives, People, Stories, Tell

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

Be Good, Good, Last Lecture, Valuable

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

Responsibilities, Responsibility, Rights, Talk, Talking

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

Become, Connected, Last Lecture, People

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.

Educational, Favor, Kids, Paint, Parenting

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

Dream, Fulfilling, Helping Others, Passion, Story

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