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• Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

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  Book, Self, People

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• The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

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  Strong, Book, Writing

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• Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.

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  Dream, Live Life, Goal

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

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  Kids, Thinking, Coaches

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• Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.

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  Dream, Sometimes, Asks

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

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  Two, Culture, World

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.

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  Oxygen, Mask, Assisting

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• If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

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  Giving Up, Want Something, Enough

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.183, Hachette UK

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• Time is the only commodity that matters.

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  Matter, Time Management, Commodity

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• We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

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  Beats, Reaper, Live Well

  "'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Dies at 47", www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2008.

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• When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

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  Enough, Young, Train

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

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  Karma, Believe, People

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.

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  Inspiring, Bottom Of The Barrel, Inspire

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• If you have a question, then find the answer.

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  Answers, Ifs

  "The Last Lecture".

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• The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

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  Self, Giving, Educator

  "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy Pausch's last lecture at McConomy Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University, www.youtube.com. September 18, 2007.

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• Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that matters. Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well; managing your time well makes you successful. Goals, Priorities, and Planning. Why am I doing this? What is the goal? Why will I succeed? What happen if I chose not to do it? 'Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement'.

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  Successful, Goal, Design

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• People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

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  Lying, People, Effort

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• 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.

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  Educational, Kids, Parenting

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.60, Hachette UK

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• We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

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  Can't Change

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• We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.

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  Country, Responsibility, Rights

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.187, Hachette UK

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• Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.

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  Dream, Wall, Dedication

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• A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.

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  Family, Dream, Jobs

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.204, Hachette UK

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• I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream.

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  Dream, Inspiration, Fighting

  "The Last Lecture".

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• You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

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  Hands, Cards You're Dealt, Play

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Phones, Lunch

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.173, Hachette UK

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