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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
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Aerospace Engineer
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Pretoria
South Africa
Elon Reeve Musk
Elon R. Musk
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Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.
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I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.
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We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
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We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.
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Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
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You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.
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I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380.
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Humans need to be a multiplanet species.
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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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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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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
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It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.
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Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'
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I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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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 always see what’s... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see what’s wrong. I never see what’s right. It’s not a recipe for happiness.
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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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What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball at three degrees Kelvin, and the sun powers the entire system of precipitation. The whole ecosystem is solar-powered.
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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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Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.
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