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  The brickwalls are there for a reason. The brickwalls are not there to keep us out. The brickwalls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brickwalls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people. — Randy Pausch, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” (The Last Lecture)

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