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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern

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Randy Pausch
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Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Randy Pausch: life dates 1960 to 2008. Wikidata Q49828, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49828 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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