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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 27 Nov 2007, 12:42
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...What would you talk about?

Here's a great speech by one of my heroes, Prof. Randy Pausch, CMU.

Moving, inspiring and informative...I thought I should share this with you.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pau ... script.pdf
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 27 Nov 2007, 12:48
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I I talked before I died, I would bore the audience to death..
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 27 Nov 2007, 12:50
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hats off the professor

he is so jovial ..inspite of looming death
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 27 Nov 2007, 13:00
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He was on Oprah (my wifes favorite show) a month or two ago, he gave his same presentation. Definitely moving.
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 28 Nov 2007, 03:57
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Excellent. Thanks NC!
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 28 Nov 2007, 06:57
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It's a tear jerker...

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=0
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 28 Nov 2007, 12:45
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Thanks ncprasad and rhyme. Loved what he said about the brick wall.
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 28 Nov 2007, 23:49
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Truly amazing person ! God bless him.
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If you had 1 speech to give before you die... 14 Dec 2007, 10:45
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I could only see this today, it's really inspiring.