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Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch
Born: Oct 23, 1960
Died: Jul 25, 2008

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Walls, Out, Badly, How, Want, Us, Show, Reason, Brick, Keep, Things

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