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"I think life on Earth must be more than just solving problems. It must be about having a purpose."
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"I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer."

"God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able."

"If you fall into the category of people who want to make a great use of their existence, you need to ask yourself these two questions; "what am I doing now"?; "Where is it taking me to?"."
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"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."

"There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions."

"SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete."

"I think the world will be a much better place if we put our energy towards important things."

"It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will."

"We need to do things that are important and useful, as opposed to things that are easy and meaningless."

"I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company."

"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."
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