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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.

Elon Musk

I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
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Entrepreneur Happen Hustle Inspirational
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
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Change College Inspirational Involvement World
If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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Disappointment Hope Human Lifetime Mars
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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Commitment Failure Mentality
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
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Business Constant Criticism Gold Seek Value
Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I’ll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.
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Deal Enough Fear Important Quite Strong
When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.
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Air Assured Civilization Common Future Space Travel
Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Afraid Arena Inspirational One Liner
There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
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Optimism Risk Tremendous Try
Mars is to Earth, as Terminus was to Trantor.
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Earth Mars Science Space
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.
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Brand Impression Perception Product Reality Time
Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
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Giving Government Happiness Interest Money People
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
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Business Enough Failure Innovation Option
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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You should be innovating so fast that you’re invalidating your prior patents.
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Innovation Invalid Patent
Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
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Alternative Change Disaster Embrace Inspirational People

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