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    Elon Musk

    A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

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    Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.

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    Elon Musk

    America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

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    An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us.

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    Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

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    A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.

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    As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.

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    Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

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    Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.

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    Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.

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    Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement.

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    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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    Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

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    Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you.

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    Don't be afraid of new arenas.

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    Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach of first principles. Which is, rather than reasoning by analogy, you boil things down to the most fundamental truths you can imagine and you reason up from there.

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    Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.

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    Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time

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    Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating.

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    Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.

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    Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So we must solve this problem in order to become a space-faring civilization.

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    Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

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    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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    Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is wishful thinking, so the challenge to entrepreneurs is telling what's the difference between really believing in your ideals and sticking to them as opposed to pursuing some unrealistic dream that doesn't actually have merit, be very rigorous in your self analysis, certainly being extremely tenacious, and just work like hell. Put in 80-100 hours every week. All these things improves the odds of success

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    For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

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    For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.

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    For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

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    Elon Musk

    Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs.

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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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    Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

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    Great companies are built on great products.

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    I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.

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    I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.

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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 came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

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    Elon Musk

    I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

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    I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

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    Elon Musk

    I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.

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    I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.

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    I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

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    I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.

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    I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [...H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling

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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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    If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

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    If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.

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    I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.

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    If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

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    If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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    If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

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    If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.