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We [the United States] will coup whoever we want! Deal with it. (Elon Musk)
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We must pass the great filter! View quote
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Possibly, the most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize something that should not exist. View quote
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I've actually not read any books on time management. View quote
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In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. View quote
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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. View quote
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The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative. View quote
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So even if a fire develops, it can't really attack the particularly vulnerable locations like the pneumatic system or the avionics or the engine bay. We want to be in the situation that even if a fire develops, the rocket just keeps going. View quote
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So, I think the best analogy for rocket engineers, if you want to create complicated software, you can't run as an integrated whole, or run on the computer it's intended to run on, but, first time you run it, it has to run with no bugs. That's the essence of it. So ... we missed the mark there. View quote
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The probability of death is quite high on the first [human] mission [to Mars]. (Elon Musk)
People tend to think like, 'Why should electric vehicles have a subsidy,' but they're not taking into account that all fossil fuel-burning vehicles fundamentally are subsidized by the cost-the environmental cost-to Earth, but nobody's paying for it... We are going to pay for it, obviously-in the future we'll pay for it. It's just not paid for now. View quote
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Getting to Mars is too big an accomplishment for us to feel proud by just by swinging by. We are a nation of enterprise as well as exploration, and we're not about to go there without making something of it. View quote
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I'd rather be optimistic and wrong; than pessimistic and right. .. We have planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, walking, Segway, hot air balloons, mopeds and boats, ... What if there was a tenth mode? View quote
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People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else. View quote
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Life is too short for long-term grudges. View quote
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Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson. View quote
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When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. View quote
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Any product that needs a manual to work is broken. View quote
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Great companies are built on great products. View quote
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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. (Elon Musk)
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working. View quote
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Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. View quote
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If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. View quote
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It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. View quote
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