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" I don't care where you are in the world, people are aware of what technology is available to others. If you're in Nairobi, you're certainly aware of the iPhone. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
World
People
Care
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" Cars will talk to each other and the world around them to make driving both safer and more efficient. 'Vehicle-to-vehicle' and 'vehicle-to-infrastructure' connectivity will become commonplace. "
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" In the time of the robber barons, my great grandfather insisted on reinvesting and sharing profits with workers... He was told he was a socialist, that he was not welcome on Wall Street. "
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" When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well. "
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" There's a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that's going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout. "
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" Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish. "
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" Whenever I'm at a party, people are always telling me either to get a new quarterback or make the Taurus back seat bigger. "
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" I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad. "
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" There are people who think I'm a Bolshevik, and this is all a major distraction at best and heresy at worst. But I really don't care. "
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" What cooler way to grow up for an American boy than to be around cars and football? "
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Football
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" One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me. "
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" Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies. "
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" I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. "
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Believe
I Believe
" S.U.V.'s are under a lot of scrutiny these days, and yet the S.U.V. buyer is a very loyal lot. "
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" Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
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Job
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" The Ford family wants the company to succeed. Period. "
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" My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers. "
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Drive
Vision
Man
" When Henry Ford founded the company bearing his name in 1903, he saw the car as a means of providing freedom of mobility to people around the world. "
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World
People
Freedom
" It's hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn't work very well on passenger cars. "
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Well
Natural
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" Individuals and companies that want to be successful in the 21st century will need to be leaders in using the Internet and related technology. "
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Internet
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Successful
" When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days. "
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Alone
Consequences
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" Lewis Booth and Derrick Kuzak represent the very best of Ford and our culture and built a legacy of leadership, integrity and commitment to excellence that will benefit us for years to come. "
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Leadership
Best
Excellence
" I don't want anybody, whether it's my grandchildren or any of our employees' grandchildren, to have to apologise for working for Ford Motor Company. In fact, I want the opposite. I want them to look and say, 'What a difference we made!' "
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" I look at safety as, you know, there's active and passive. Passive is how do you survive a crash. Active is accident avoidance. And so that's real-time information to you, as a driver, and to your car, to the wheels of a car that will get you out of a bad situation. "
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" I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation. "
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End
Fame
" As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy. "
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" I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves. "
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Good
Bad
Speak
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" I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with. "
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" At Ford Motor Company, we believe the arts speak a common language that weaves a common thread among all people. "
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