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Everything you need to know about Elon Musk and his companies. | By @jonaslismont | Try @RepostRoutine to boost the reach of your content.
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Legacy media is dead. Long live citizen journalism!. The US presidential campaign was further proof of what Elon Musk has been repeatedly predicting: citizen journalism is overtaking traditional media. While the winning candidate appeared in several independent podcasts for long
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Elon Musk just posted:. “We should leave the farmers alone. We owe farmers immense gratitude for making the food on our tables!”
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Elon Musk said today:. “I think this will be the most transformative presidency, perhaps since the founding of the country. It's going to be a revolution!”
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“I have worked closely with Elon for over 20 years. His heart is pure, and his sole mission is to help humanity. During the darkest moments, he has shown me the path to choose courage and compassion over fear and hate.”. – Antonio Gracias, member of DOGE
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Here's what Elon Musk said about severance packages for dismissed government employees:. “We will reduce a lot of government headcount, but we're going to give very long severances, like two years or something like that. So, you've got a lot of time to go and figure out
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Jonathan Turley on Elon Musk's firm stance for free speech:. “Love him or hate him, Elon Musk is, without question, the most consequential figure in free speech of our generation. I think he has done more for free speech than any living person today. In some ways, he actually
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Elon Musk:. “We should not have any international treaties that restrict the freedom of Americans.”
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NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang recently said:. “Building a massive [supercomputer] factory in the short time that was done, that is superhuman. There's only one person in the world who could do that. What Elon and the xAI team did is singular. Never been done before.”
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Historian Victor Davis Hanson recently said:. “Elon Musk is a Renaissance man of the 21st century. He reinvented social media. He's saving NASA. He created the EV industry, basically single-handedly. Let's not even get into the other things. He's a Da Vinci of our age.”
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“This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!”. – Great Elon Musk, Chair of D.O.G.E
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Elon Musk explains why SpaceX sent Starman on Falcon Heavy:. “There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did it for you.”
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“A lot of people said that rocket reusability was a dumb idea. We've shown that, in fact, it is absolutely the right idea.”. —Elon Musk
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Elon Musk:. “So many people, including smart people, think there are too many people in the world and think the population is growing out of control. It's completely the opposite. Please look at the numbers. If people don't have more children, civilization is going to
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Elon Musk said:. “If a government official is effective in spending your money, they should be rewarded. If they waste your money, they should be fired.”
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Elon Musk invited world leaders to skip PR teams and post on 𝕏 themselves:. “I generally would recommend for leaders of the world to just literally post your own stuff. Once in a while, you make a mistake. Don't worry about it. Can't win them all.”
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Elon Musk recently shared this quote from Dune:. “Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis of all morality.”
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“We need to make sure that you get ahead purely as a function of your talent and hard work. Nothing else.”. — Elon Musk
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In 2022, Elon Musk wrote: . “If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”
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Elon Musk moments ago to Tucker Carlson:. “My philosophy is that if you play, you play to win.”
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Here's what Elon Musk recommended to govern Mars:. “Direct democracy by the people. Laws must be short, as there is trickery in length. Automatic expiration of rules to prevent death by bureaucracy. Any rule can be removed by 40% of people to overcome inertia. Freedom.”
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Citizen journalism as a continuation of the Enlightenment. Central to Elon Musk's strong commitment to citizen journalism is the idea that each individual has the power to think for themselves and contribute to the public conversation. Collecting and confronting all points of
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Elon Musk explains why he started SpaceX:. “We were supposed to have a base on the moon. We were supposed to send people to Mars. And that stuff just didn't happen. We went backwards.”
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Peter Thiel just said:. “The strong consensus view in D.C. is that DOGE is going nowhere. The alternate view, I would say, is that you should never bet against Elon.”
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Elon Musk on making processes efficient:. “Whatever requirement, it must come with a name, not a department. Because you can't ask a department. You have to ask a person. And the person who's putting forward the requirement must take responsibility for that requirement.”
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Elon Musk provided this example to illustrate how infrastructure projects are being strangled by overregulation:. “The Boring Company is trying to dig a road tunnel under the Colorado River in Texas. We have been waiting for two years for a permit, because it's a federal river.
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In 2022, Elon Musk said this about stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine:. “War always gives ample reason for vengeance for all sides. Only by overcoming this instinct can there be peace.”
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Elon Musk on public figures posting directly on 𝕏:. “Sure, people will say foolish things from time to time (myself especially), but that’s way better than silence or sanitized ‘press releases’ that’re basically just boring propaganda.”
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“There's the potential for us to have an amazing, exciting future, but we just have to work hard to make that happen.”. – Elon Musk
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Many people think SpaceX receives subsidies from the American government. The reality:.- SpaceX has never received federal subsidies.- SpaceX won all its contracts with NASA because they offer a better service at a lower price.
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“The point of fighting racism and sexism was to get rid of racism and get rid of sexism, not to change it to another form.”. – Elon Musk
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Der Spiegel is criticizing Elon Musk for something . they themselves have been doing even more. After Elon Musk expressed his support for the German party AfD, several legacy media and politicians in Germany criticized him for voicing his opinion on German politics. Der
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“Elon Musk is a kind soul, a gentle giant, and he loves America.”. —Jon Voight
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Here's what Larry Ellison said to journalists downplaying Elon Musk's ability to get things done:. “Who are you?. This guy's landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean. And you're saying he doesn't know what he's doing. Did you ever land a rocket?. You're telling me he's
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During the COVID lockdowns in 2020, Elon Musk posted:. “Give people back their FREEDOM”
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“Elon wants ground truth on every single topic.”. — Marc Andreessen
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In 2020, Democratic California State Assembly member Lorena Gonzalez posted:. ”F*ck Elon Musk.”. Elon Musk replied a day later:. “Message received”
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“If you care about the reality of goodness instead of the perception of it, philanthropy is extremely difficult.”. – Elon Musk
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In 2022, Elon Musk promised, “We will defeat the spam bots or die trying!”. Two years later, the spam bots appear to have basically vanished from 𝕏.
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In 2017, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller made fun of Elon Musk and Tesla:. “Some people are masters at making promises … Then there are companies like Volkswagen, selling 11 million cars a year.”. This year, Volkswagen is expected to close 3 factories while Tesla will grow 30%.
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Jon Voight:. “Elon Musk is a man of dignity, a man of truth, a man of honor who has done a lot for this country and the people of this USA. He's a kind soul, a gentle giant, and he loves America. And the media is a disgrace.”
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Elon just wrote:. “The big machine has been and will fight like hell. It will try to kill me and others. Obviously, it has already tried to kill President Trump twice. And the legacy media is shamelessly urging this on with full gusto, because they are part of the machine.”
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Elon Musk:. “For most of history (and still most of the world) it was might-makes-right. This has overcorrected to weak-makes-right. Morality should be considered in the absolute, as both the strong and the weak are capable of right and wrong.”
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Elon Musk on recruiting:. “The biggest mistake I've made is to put too much weighting on somebody's talent and not enough on their personality. It actually matters whether somebody has a good heart.”
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Elon Musk once recommended:. “Laws must be short, as there is trickery in length.”
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“I try not to start fights, but I do finish them.”. – Elon Musk
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“I believe in truth and honesty because I'm trying to understand the universe. If you're not rigorous about truth and honesty, you're going to live in a deluded world and you won't understand the nature of reality.”. — Elon Musk
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Elon Musk envisioned what would become Starship from the very beginning of SpaceX. Here’s what he said in 2003:. “Our eventual upgrade path is to build the successor to Saturn V. A super-heavy lift vehicle that could be used for setting up a moon base or doing a Mars mission.
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“When civilizations are under stress, the birth rate is high, but as soon as they have no external enemies, or they have an extended period of prosperity, the birth rate inevitably drops. Every time.”. — Elon Musk, paraphrasing Will Durant's historical work on birthrates
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Back in January, Elon Musk said:. “𝕏 is where people go to get the most current news and learn about the world. The legacy media are our direct competitors. They're really going to find every angle to try to cancel 𝕏.”
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Elon Musk on the work culture at Tesla:. “Everyone eats same food, uses same restrooms, etc – no executive chef or other ivory tower stuff. There shouldn’t be this workers vs management two-class system. Everyone is a worker.”
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Elon Musk:. “Each Raptor rocket engine produces twice as much thrust as all 4 engines on a 747. There are 33 Raptor engines powering the Starship rocket booster.”
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“The long-term aspiration for Neuralink would be to achieve a symbiosis and a democratization of artificial intelligence, such that it is not monopolistically held in a purely digital form by governments and large corporations.” . – Elon Musk, 2018
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Elon Musk on our existence:. “There's a lot we don't know. Why does reality exist? Where did it come from? Where are the aliens? . We must have come from somewhere. I guess there must be some creator or creative force or something that caused our existence to come into being.”
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“Elon was never interested in anything, no matter how lucrative, unless it was of existential relevance to our species.”. —Shivon Zilis
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Elon Musk:. “So many people, including smart people, think there are too many people in the world and think the population is growing out of control. It's completely the opposite. Please look at the numbers. If people don't have more children, civilization is going to
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Elon Musk on value creation:. “If you have a zero-sum mindset, the only way to get ahead is by taking things from others. If the pie is fixed, the only way to have more pie is to take someone else's pie. But this is false. The economic pie has grown dramatically over time.”
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Four differences between George Soros & Elon Musk. 1. Ruthless business vs Love of humanity. George Soros: “I am basically there to make money. I cannot and do not look at the social consequences of what I do.”. Elon Musk: “I love humanity. I think we should fight for a good
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“I'm a great fan of Elon Musk, who wants to colonize Mars. I think that the greening of Mars is actually a possibility. A serious, practical possibility. I think it's a wonderful challenge.”. – Richard Dawkins
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Elon Musk on the Ukraine war:. “I've predicted pretty much exactly what would would happen, which is a lot of people dying for basically almost no changes in land and the loss of the flower of Ukrainian and Russian youth. (. ). A lot of sons are not coming back to their parents,
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“A new philosophy of the future is needed. I believe it should be curiosity about the Universe – expand humanity to become a multiplanet, then interstellar, species to see what’s out there.”. – Elon Musk
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Elon Musk explains why he decided to build a free-speech platform:. “Social media in general, especially Twitter, were eroding civilization. If civilization collapses before Mars becomes self-sustaining, then nothing else matters. Human consciousness is gone.”
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“I want no pay, no awards, no recognition or fancy title. I just want America to reach greater heights.”. — Elon Musk
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“In my opinion, Elon Musk is the Thomas Edison of the present, or I might even say a Michelangelo, a Leonardo da Vinci.”. — Javier Milei
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Elon Musk on the future of the media:. “The cumulative voice of the people should decide what is newsworthy.”
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Elon Musk on why humanity should expand to other planets:. “The light of consciousness is like this tiny candle in a vast darkness. That candle has only been lit for a very short time, and it could easily go out.”
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FACT: As President of the United States, Joe Biden never congratulated SpaceX on their groundbreaking achievements.
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“Once you understand the Kardashev Scale, it becomes utterly obvious that essentially all energy generation will be solar.”. – Elon Musk
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“When did free speech become right-wing? That was the weirdest switcheroo ever.”. — Elon Musk
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Two months ago, Elon Musk said:. “It really should not be possible to build a giant rocket faster than paper can move from one desk to another.”
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Elon Musk tonight to Tucker Carlson:. “We need to let the builders of America build.”
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“The true battle is, and always has been, between the expansionists and the extinctionists.”. – Elon Musk
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“My religion is the religion of curiosity, the religion of greater enlightenment.”. — Elon Musk
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Elon Musk on inflation:. “Throughout history, it has been used as a pernicious tax. It's like one degree removed, so people don't feel it directly. Then, the politicians will try to blame it on something else. But it's all about government spending.”
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Elon Musk: . “Falcon 1 is about half a ton to orbit. Starship 3 will be 400 times more payload for less than the cost of a Falcon 1. These are unthinkable numbers. Nobody ever thought this was possible.”
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Elon Musk on Bill Gates shorting Tesla stock:. “The lack of self-awareness and hypocrisy of Gates who had the nerve to ask me to donate to his mostly window-dressing environmental causes, while simultaneously aiming to make $500M from Tesla’s demise, boggles the mind … 🤯”
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“For any given government expenditure, we have to say, what does this do for the citizens of America? [. ]. And if it's not being spent in a way that is beneficial to the American people, it's a misuse of the funds.”. — Elon Musk
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“We're all descended from slaves. All of us. It's just a question of when. But is this something we want to make part of our constant dialogue forever, or do we want to move on and treat everyone according to who they are as an individual?”. – Elon Musk
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Javier Milei said this about Elon Musk:. “A person who earns money by making things more convenient, better and more affordable for others is a hero. Elon Musk thinks every day about how to solve problems for you. What does it matter to you how much money he earns, if he
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Elon Musk on Optimus: . “People have no idea. This is going to be bigger than the car.”
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In 2023, Elon Musk said:. “I think it's very important to elevate citizen journalism. It's very important to hear the actual voice of the people, not the filtered voice of the people. And let the people choose the narrative and let the people determine the truth.”
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Media distortion against Elon Musk is in full swing. A recent hit piece by Wired falsely claims Elon Musk is promoting great replacement theories, suggesting he believes Democrats are attempting to replace white voters. This accusation is baseless. Elon has never linked the
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“My tweets are literally what I’m thinking at the moment, not carefully crafted corporate bs, which is really just banal propaganda.”. — Elon Musk, 2018
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“I don't care about patents. Patents are for the weak.”. – Elon Musk, 2022
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Elon Musk on retiring:. “The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing sounds horrible to me. I would have to be on serious drugs.”
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“People who are worried about words never have been punched in the face.”. – Elon Musk
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“I’m not an investor, I’m a technology accelerationist.”. — Elon Musk
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In 2014, Elon Musk predicted:. "People really have no idea how quickly machine intelligence is advancing.”
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Industries Elon Musk has transformed so far:. 1995: Online maps.1999: Online payments.2006: Space exploration.2008: Electric transportation.2014: Autonomous transportation.2015: Energy.2015: Internet access.2015: Artificial Intelligence.2016: Brain-machine interface.2017: Urban
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Elon Musk in 2011:. “I really want SpaceX to help make life multiplanetary. I'd like to see a self-sustaining base on Mars.”
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“Look at Elon, at SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink. The guy is our Einstein.”. —Jamie Dimon
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“Smaller government is the only way to restore your freedom.”. – Elon Musk
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“I'm not a religious person, but I nonetheless got on my knees and prayed for that mission.”. – Elon Musk on SpaceX's first crewed flight in 2020
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“I have worked closely with Elon for over 20 years. His heart is pure, and his sole mission is to help humanity. During the darkest moments, he has shown me the path to choose courage and compassion over fear and hate. To believe anything else is absurd.”. – Antonio Gracias,
I have worked closely with Elon for over 20 years. His heart is pure, and his sole mission is to help humanity. During the darkest moments, he has shown me the path to choose courage and compassion over fear and hate. To believe anything else is absurd.
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Since SpaceX began operations, US launch capacity has skyrocketed, leaving other countries far behind.
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Elon Musk: . “Falcon 1 is about half a ton to orbit. Starship 3 will be 400 times more payload for less than the cost of a Falcon 1. These are unthinkable numbers. Nobody ever thought this was possible.”
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Elon Musk said:. “One thing that scares the system, that scares the machine, is that Donald Trump is not a puppet. He's a real person.”
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“The biggest mistake I've made is to put too much weighting on somebody's talent and not enough on their personality. It actually matters whether somebody has a good heart.”. —Elon Musk
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