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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
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Pretoria
South Africa
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Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
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My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
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The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
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It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.
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I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.
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The thing that's worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning. And, you know, try and enjoy yourself. Because, actually, life's pretty good. It really is.
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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
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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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I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.
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Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
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The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.
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I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.
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