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Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.

Elon Musk

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
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Establishment Inspirational Occurance Possible Probable Step
Mars is the only place in the solar system where it’s possible for life to become multi-planetarian.
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Life Mars Planet Possible Science
Moral condemnation used not for morality, but as a weapon for manipulation is messed up
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Manipulation Mess Moral Weapon
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
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Inspirational Learning People Sell Thinking Try
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
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Forgiveness Grudge Let Go Life One Liner
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
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Business Determination Growth Innovation People Product Sell Start
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.
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Communication Internet Possible
You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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Business Happen Miserable Motivational Pretty Yourself
The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.
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Attempt Experiment Failure Goals Imvention Invalid Space
The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.
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Earth Entension Life Moon Species
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.
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Business Car Drive Extension Safety
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
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Engineer Existence Magic World
Best place to view is from the beach. Excitement guaranteed!
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Beach Excitement Guarantee Place Travel View
Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
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Business Car Confidence Fight Revolution Stay
When people really understand it’s do or die . If we work hard and pull through, it’s going to be a great outcome; people will give it everything they’ve got.
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Die Outcome People Understand Work Hard
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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Commitment Failure Mentality
Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.
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Death Eat Entrepreneur Glass
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
What is simple in one arena is often profound in another.
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Arena Profound Simplicity
The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me.
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Acomplishment Business Entrepreneur People Reason Work
I’ve actually not read any books on time management.
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Book Management Reading Time
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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Earth Life Problem Solve
Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.
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Dedication Impossible Inspirational Work Hard
If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
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Business Cake Company Creation Entrepreneur Ingredient Proportion
There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
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Optimism Risk Tremendous Try
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.
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Appreciation Improvement Meaning Understand Universe World Worry
People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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Happiness Passionate People Pretty Pursue

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