“When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.”

The Last Lecture (2008)

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American professor of computer science, human-computer inte… 1960–2008

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“He said, when you’re screwing up and nobody’s saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up. And that’s a lesson that stuck with me my whole life. Is that when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.”

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