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[[File:Der Sensemann2.jpg |thumb|right| We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully — for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up. ~ [[Randy Pausch]] ]]
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[[File:Extreme Unction Rogier Van der Weyden.jpg |thumb|right| We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully — for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up. ~ [[Randy Pausch]] ]]
[[File:Enterprise-D crew quarters with captain Jean-Luc Picard.jpg |thumb|right| It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life. ~ [[Jean-Luc Picard]] ]]
[[File:Enterprise-D crew quarters with captain Jean-Luc Picard.jpg |thumb|right| It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life. ~ [[Jean-Luc Picard]] ]]
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[[File:Jean-Luc Picard 2.jpg |thumb|right| Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.]]
* '''Do not tell [[people]] how to live their lives. Just tell them [[stories]]. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.'''
* '''Do not tell [[people]] how to live their lives. Just tell them [[stories]]. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.'''
** [[Randy Pausch]], in ''The Last Lecture'' (2008)
** [[Randy Pausch]], in ''The Last Lecture'' (2008)
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** [[Randy Pausch]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATiyfX1I45I Graduation address at CMU (18 May 2008)]
** [[Randy Pausch]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATiyfX1I45I Graduation address at CMU (18 May 2008)]
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*You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.
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* You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.
** [[Cesare Pavese]], ''The Beach''
** [[Cesare Pavese]], ''The Beach''
* '''It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.'''
* '''It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.'''
** [[Jean-Luc Picard]], ''[[Star Trek#Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', "[[w:Peak Performance (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Peak Performance]]" (10 July 1989) by David Kemper
** [[Jean-Luc Picard]], ''[[Star Trek#Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', "[[w:Peak Performance (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Peak Performance]]" (10 July 1989) by David Kemper
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* Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that '''time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.'''
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** [[Jean-Luc Picard]], ''[[Star Trek Generations|Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994) story by [[w:Brannon Braga|Brannon Braga]], [[w:Ronald D. Moore|Ronald D. Moore]] and [[w:Rick Berman|Rick Berman]]; On living in the moment
* Let us (since life can little more supply<br> Than just to look about us and to die)<br> Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man;<br>A mighty maze! but not without a plan.
* Let us (since life can little more supply<br> Than just to look about us and to die)<br> Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man;<br>A mighty maze! but not without a plan.