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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
Actor
Aerospace Engineer
Engineer
Entrepreneur
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Investor
Programmer
Pretoria
South Africa
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I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
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The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term.
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I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
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Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.
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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.
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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.
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As a child I would just question things.
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Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
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I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.
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I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
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I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.
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Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.
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In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.
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I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.
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I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [...H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling
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Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs.
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I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.
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If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.
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I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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