Randy Pausch
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH TONY STEWART KURT COBAIN RIC FLAIR I'm not good with sci-fi stuff. I'll be in it, as long as I can see what I'm dealing wit... CHELAN SIMMONS ASHLEY OLSEN JUNIOR SEAU It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K.,... TEDDY SEARS BRIE LARSON The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids ... BILLY WILLIAMS MARY TYLER MOORE I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES EMILIA FOX ABBY WAMBACH I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, you... PRINCE ROYCE NOEL GALLAGHER ROBERT GRIFFIN III ODELL BECKHAM, JR. What I'm trying to achieve with my surgery is my own personal satisfaction. It's narcissism. PETE BURNS GARRY TRUDEAU I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don'... ERNEST GAINES SHARON STONE SIA I'm restless. I'm all the time here and there and trying to get myself busy and creative. It... EDGAR RAMIREZ Man, it's hard to beat having gotten to play Superman. But where do you go from there? Aren'... YURI LOWENTHAL I don't even know if I always entirely get what I'm trying to say right away with lyrics. I ... KIM GORDON HUGH LAURIE YUNA I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast wi... ZHANG XIN F. MURRAY ABRAHAM I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there&#... TRISTAN WILDS I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, th... STEVE BALLMER SAM SMITH I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the ... HAYDEN PANETTIERE GARRY KASPAROV Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life,... DICK VAN DYKE AARON RODGERS DREW BARRYMORE About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN I don't think when I'm doing music. Things just happen. I've even taken my clothes off w... DARON MALAKIAN ARIEL LEVY HUNTER HAYES I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids an... MEGYN KELLY MIRANDA KERR AIMEE MANN DAN STEVENS 'The Host' is very much in the same vein as 'Twilight', and there's clearly a hu... MAX IRONS AARON RODGERS My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I l... YELAWOLF I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm discipl... DAVID B. COE I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not a... HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN HARBHAJAN SINGH I consider myself an atheist. My wife is Jewish. And I'm fine with my son being raised as a Jew.... PAUL GIAMATTI BEAR GRYLLS Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I al... CRISTIN MILIOTI The fishing is a great relief for me. When I'm out there's no cell phone ringing. I'm ou... RICK BARRY CONNOR FRANTA I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world. LISA BONET If there's a theme to where I'm at in my life, it's that 'warts and all' is actu... MARTI NOXON SARAH GADON GEORGE STRAIT In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument... BILL FRISELL I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in ... CARICE VAN HOUTEN I've been really lucky to have had a variety of roles, and I don't think I'm in danger o... TOBIAS MENZIES DIANE KRUGER In every single 'Tinker Bell' movie, I feel like there's a message that I'm proud to... MAE WHITMAN I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago. BILL LIPINSKI CAM NEWTON I'm the most inappropriate dad. I curse in front of my kids and their friends. I let my kids wat... MARLON WAYANS TORI AMOS RYAN REYNOLDS COLE SWINDELL RYAN GUZMAN JACK BLACK When you listen to a symphony orchestra, and the basses don't - there's no bass part, there&... CHARLIE HADEN J. COLE ASAP ROCKY I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I ... ADOLFO CAMBIASO VIVIENNE WESTWOOD TORI SPELLING People say my world is dark. No, there's a lot of lightness in my world. But I know very well th... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. I... ALIA SHAWKAT I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cub... PITBULL TRACY CHAPMAN There's not a day that goes by that I'm not in pain. Multiple joints and things that I exper... BRUCE SMITH ANUPAM KHER It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my ... FREDDIE FREEMAN As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my hous... RACHAEL HARRIS GIGI HADID I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on t... CAMERON VAN DER BURGH SAM SHEPARD OLIVIA COLMAN STEVEN WRIGHT
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RANDY BACHMAN You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what ... RANDY WEST That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings; it ultimately led to a friends... RANDY WEST Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform exper... RANDY WEST Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family. RANDY WEST Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful contestant is always a joy. RANDY WEST Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You ... RANDY WEST It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route. RANDY WEST I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially tr... RANDY WEST I enjoy 'Supermarket Sweep' because of its adlib demands in following the fast action. RANDY WEST I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than '... RANDY WEST From my years of work with so many game show production companies and their producers I'm probab... RANDY WEST Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial t... RANDY WEST Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can ... RANDY WEST At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles. RANDY WEST Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to... RANDY WEST 'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my... RANDY WEST If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's... RANDY WEST 'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game... RANDY WEST But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many... RANDY WEST Yet as a team, we can pull together to do some incredible work. RANDY WEST I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, film... RANDY WAYNE There are so many movies people make just to make money. RANDY WAYNE I'm really a big fan of HBO and Showtime shows, so I wouldn't mind being on an edgy show... ... RANDY WAYNE John Schneider's cool. I mean, he is the epitome of cool. To be that confident without any chip ... RANDY WAYNE As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as ... RANDY WAYNE I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it. RANDY WAYNE When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card c... RANDY SCHEKMAN The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I wa... RANDY SCHEKMAN Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a mi... RANDY SCHEKMAN I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity. RANDY SCHEKMAN I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked. RANDY SCHEKMAN I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how li... RANDY SCHEKMAN Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is r... RANDY SCHEKMAN The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards oft... RANDY SCHEKMAN It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the... RANDY SCHEKMAN The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has prop... RANDY SCHEKMAN Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the c... RANDY SCHEKMAN I've been loving music all my life. RANDY SAVAGE Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going. RANDY SAVAGE There are no tough guys in wrestling. RANDY SAVAGE From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy cha... RANDY SAVAGE I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass th... RANDY SAVAGE Every sport has its own cast of characters. RANDY SAVAGE RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID RANDY QUAID I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they ... RANDY OWEN Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 5... RANDY OWEN For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a... RANDY OWEN As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play mu... RANDY OWEN God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'... RANDY OWEN I can't not be who I am. RANDY OWEN The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to ... RANDY OWEN I feel very good and positive about my future. I look forward to seeing the fans and doing what I do... RANDY OWEN The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs. RANDY OWEN The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes. 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RANDY NEWMAN It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well. RANDY NEWMAN I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song... RANDY NEWMAN I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself tal... RANDY NEWMAN But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ... RANDY NEWMAN Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that... RANDY NEWMAN I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people. RANDY NEWMAN I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology. RANDY NEWMAN I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected. RANDY NEWMAN Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind. RANDY NEWMAN If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you... 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My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm ... 
Do I feel like I'm 65? No. I feel like I'm 15. That's my problem. I'm trying as hard... 
I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in t... 
There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be t... 
I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not. It's the same thing ... 
I've had problems with my eyes, and my legs hurt if I walk a great deal. That's due to very ... 
I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do wi... 
I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not af... 
I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think peo... 
Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I&#... 
I'm trying to do big things. It doesn't matter whether it's on the field or off the fiel... 
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. 
I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... 
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When... 
I don't think of myself as funny. I think of myself as rather grave, actually. And I'm suspi... 
In San Francisco, I eat halal, which is kind of like Muslim kosher, and there's this one Thai re... 
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You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... 
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I would never walk off any show. 
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