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The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.

Peter Diamandis

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Peter Diamandis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 20
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It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.
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Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
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Humans are the worst control system to put in front of a car.
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At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency, designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions all good things
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One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.
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Imagine a world of nine billion people with clean water, nutritious food, affordable housing, personalized education, top-tier medical care, and nonpolluting, ubiquitous energy. Building this better world is humanity's grandest challenge.
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Find that thing that you are passionate about, that you will do day or night whether someone pays you or not...because if you have that, you will have gold.
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I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
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The idea of a young thin woman who weighs 100 pounds driving herself around in a 4,000 pound SUV is laughable.
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We have these 100 mms delays, you know, our attention is on our PDA, we're always in a rush. We drive around in these 4,000 pound metal wombs, these 4,000 pound containment systems to protect us from these 6,000 pound cars from smacking us.
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The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire in their bellies to make a difference.
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My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
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The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.
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If you stop and you think about everything we hold of value on this planet, metal, minerals, energy, real estate, the things that nations fight wars over. These things are in near infinite quantities out there.
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If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.
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Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
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When faced without a challenge, make one
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