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I don't try to come in and act like I know it all, and that's why I put the extra work in of watching film, getting an understanding of what you want from personnel, each player.

Act Come Each Extra
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In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
Contribution Heard Little Make
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When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.

Advice Around Guys Had
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I went through pain as a child so my children wouldn't have to.

Child Children Pain Through
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A leader can't pick and choose when he wants to lead.

Choose He Lead Leader
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I have one of those old-fashioned mothers who told me every single day, 'Son, you can do or be anything that you want to do or be.' And I believed it. I bought into it 100%.

Anything Believed Bought Day
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The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

About Anything Built Business
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I've said that if you're not doing something that you're passionate about, you're compromising yourself every single day.

About Compromising Day Doing
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So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.

About Doing Fathers Holes
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What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

Accessible Almost Anyone Difference
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I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?

Business College Connected Family
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I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.

Children Encouraged I See Men
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Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

Case Code Difficult DNA
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Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

Between Both Career Child
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With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that. The next generation of DNA sequencing needs to be able to do this. If somebody invents this, then we can start to very precisely identify cures for diseases.

Able Cannot Cures Current
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Baby steps count, too, as long as you're moving forward.

Baby Count Forward Long
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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

Africa Because Born Brought
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When you're doing something you're truly passionate about, there is no plan B.

About Doing Passionate Plan
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I cut grass, I did yard work, I did roofing, I cleaned basements to take care of my family.

Care Cleaned Cut Did
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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.

Big Billion Design Efficiency
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.

Commitment Dearer Else Hold
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I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'

Conversation Did Dinner Grow
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
Die Impact Just Like
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Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.

Everything Learned Life Me
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I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Good Good Heart Heart I Think
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No matter what you accomplish, when you're doing something you're truly passionate about... the opportunities are always going to be bigger.

About Accomplish Always Bigger
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My first ambition in life, I made up my mind I was going to become Miles Davis. I studied music, music theory. I played trumpet for nine years. One day, my mother explained, 'You can't be Miles Davis. There's one, and he's got that job.'

Ambition Become Davis Day
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The hardest thing that I had to do every day as a working single parent was child care, to have to leave my child with people that I did not know and hope everything was OK, that was the most painful part of every day.

Care Child Child Care Day
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Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.

Forged Greatness Lit Many
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What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Answered Authority Clarity Dr
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Fortunately, our digital age has created some wonderful tools for finding employers and showing your strengths. But when it comes to discovering or keeping a job, nothing beats good old-fashioned face time and up-to-date skills.

Age Beats Created Digital
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Remember: If you don't schmooze, you lose. Used wisely, a bit of chitchat helps create a personal connection with your boss and colleagues.

Bit Boss Colleagues Connection
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In order for you to find a job, people need to know you're looking

Find Job Know Looking
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If you're lucky enough to have a permanent position, don't feel entitled. Companies value longtime employees' institutional memory, but to be irreplaceable, you must stay invested. Take the initiative and assume new responsibilities.

Assume Companies Employees Enough
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Most of us have heard the saying, 'Cleanliness is next to godliness.' That's a sentiment I value, but another virtue has inspired me to revise that saying. As far as I'm concerned, what's next to godliness is resourcefulness.

Another As Far As Cleanliness Concerned
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My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

Dirt Grew Had Louisiana
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Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

Ability Anything Big Big Deal
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If you're having a hard time recognizing your gifts, look to someone else you know who's been resourceful. You may be surprised by how your own strengths rise to the surface by watching someone else.

Been Else Gifts Hard
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When someone says, 'You can't,' what it really means is that they can't - so why should you get to?

Get Means Really Says
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As long as you have a plan for how you'll live, don't let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.

How Insecurities Jealous Live
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We can all learn something from people we admire.

Admire Learn People Something
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Just remember, you're never too old to have a hero.

Hero Just Never Old
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We can all look to our friends, family, and those we admire for inspiration.

Admire Family Friends Inspiration
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Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.

Changes Life Making Now
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You can blame outside factors or make excuses about why things didn't work out, but that doesn't change anything.

About Anything Blame Change
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Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'

Acknowledge Aside Because Believe
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I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.

Down Free Improve Keeping
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I don't feel like we have to be dirty or anything crazy, but as far as competing, there's no limits.

Anything As Far As Competing Crazy
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There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

Game Guys Lot Play
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When you're off the court, that's when it's time to talk or whatever you want to do. But once it goes up, it's time to compete.

Compete Court Goes Off
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