I only heard of Randy Pausch after his death (we don't get Oprah here!), but put posted the video on my blog and
discussed it, as I felt there were some really insightful points he made. here are my favorite quotes from the talk:-
“if you start screwing up and no-one is saying anything - that means they have given up. If those around you are still giving you a hard time - at least they still care” "Brick walls are there for a reason - they let us know how badly we want things.” “Be good at something, it makes you valuable.” “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted”
David