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Walter Isaacson
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written: a.co/d/apuMHYU Also, bios of Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo, Franklin, Einstein, Jobs. Professor @Tulane
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Jul 24, 2025
    The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
    The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
    From amazon.com
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Oct 27, 2022
    At Twitter headquarters’ coffee bar, ⁦@elonmusk⁩
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Apr 26, 2022
    Late last night, after winning his battle for Twitter, @elonmusk was in Boca Chica and held his regular 10 pm meeting on Raptor engine design, where he spent more than an hour working on valve leak solutions. No one mentioned Twitter. He can multitask.
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    Walter Isaacson
    @WalterIsaacson
    Dec 13, 2020
    Germany, by two Turkish immigrants.
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    Ted Cruz
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    Dec 12, 2020
    That’s great. Just out of curiosity, which country was it that developed the vaccine? Wonder why.
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Dec 22, 2021
    That equates to $1.5 million in tax every DAY since he became a US citizen in 2002.
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    Elon Musk
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    @elonmusk
    Dec 20, 2021
    For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Sep 9, 2023
    To clarify on the Starlink issue: the Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not. They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet. Musk did not enable it, because he thought, probably correctly, that would cause a
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    Walter Isaacson
    @WalterIsaacson
    Apr 26, 2022
    Yes, and it’s getting even more interesting.
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    Elon Musk
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    Aug 5, 2021
    If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Jul 4, 2023
    Maybe the greatest sentence ever written by human hands (Jefferson with edits from Franklin and Adams): We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Nov 4, 2022
    In 2009, I argued that social networks should enable micropayments for stories and songs and videos.
    How to Save Your Newspaper
    From time.com
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    Walter Isaacson
    @WalterIsaacson
    Apr 20, 2023
    A happy ⁦@elonmusk⁩ watching out of the window and on screen as Starship clears the launch tower.
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Apr 17, 2023
    Elon Musk in the Starship control room right now with Shana Diez and Joe Petrzelka
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Jul 23, 2023
    The infatuation of @elonmusk with the name X.com goes way back. Here are some excerpts from my upcoming book, amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Walt… "When his cousin Peter Rive visited in early 1999, he found Musk poring over books about the banking system. “I’m trying to
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    Elon Musk
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    @elonmusk
    Jul 23, 2023
    X.com now points to x.com. Interim X logo goes live later today.
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    Walter Isaacson
    @WalterIsaacson
    Aug 13, 2023
    I got this text message from Elon Musk at 4:44am CT showing a screenshot of some text messages in which he tells Mark Zuckerberg they should fight this Monday at Zuckerberg’s home in Palo Alto.
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    Walter Isaacson
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    Aug 7, 2023
    From amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Walt… on Musk meeting @Grimezsz: "Every now and then, often at the most complex of times, the Creators of Our Simulation—those rascals who conjure up what we are led to believe is reality—drop in a sparky new element, one that creates chaotic new
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