The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch Quotes

#1. book called The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch,

Will Schwalbe

#2. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

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

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#4. It makes no sense to talk about people's rights without also talking about responsibilities. The Last Lecture

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#5. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

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#6. Focus on other people, not on yourself.

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#7. It could go on for years and years,
And has, for centuries,
For being human holds a special grief
Of privacy within the universe
That yearns and waits to be retouched
By someone who can take away
The memory of death.

Herbert Mason

#8. It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

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#9. Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#10. Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

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#11. You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

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#12. It is better to arouse envy than pity.

Publilius Syrus

#13. If somebody told me, "Not a good idea," I would've said, "No, it's probably a good idea if you get drunk with me." I would've flipped it around on them. There was no way you could tell me anything. I wasn't listening to any type of reason.

Reginald Arvizu

#14. 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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#15. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.

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#16. Failure is not just acceptable, it's often essential. The Last Lecture

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#17. I don't believe in the no-win scenario

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#18. Figure 6: Sirius research shows that, of the 70% of leads who are disqualified by sales, 80% end up buying eventually, often from a competitor. DATA

Steven Woods