But we don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.
- Dr. Randy Pausch, Brown '82, Dead at 47, His last (inspirational) lecture at Carnegie Mellon:
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The last lecture is a series of special lectures at CMU where professors are sometimes asked "to give a lectures on what wisdom they would impart if they knew it was their last chance. Soon after Dr. Pausch ...accepted that challenge, he learned he had months to live."
In the lecture, he mentions his childhood dream, among many other things, of playing professional football. A month after his above lecture, he was invited to a practice by the Pittsburgh Steelers:
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