Elon Musk Quotes
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I'm very self-critical.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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Ask your editor or ask your agent to find out what the house's goals are for your book before it comes out. Get some sense of expectations so you are prepared.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.
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If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid.
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Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
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I'm just waiting for the moment where it's accepted that women are just as sexual as men without women having to be overtly sexy just to prove how 'liberated' they are.
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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
