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" It's hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn't work very well on passenger cars. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Well
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Storage
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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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" 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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" 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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" Ford comes first before everything else I do in my life. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" As the technology is developed, autonomous driving could provide driving opportunities for the physically challenged or enable the elderly to continue driving longer. This will be vital as many nations experience an aging population. "
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" One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period. "
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" I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad. "
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" Nature is where my heart is. "
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" I don't know if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can. "
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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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" All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany. "
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" I have no patience for wasting time. "
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Time
" My father didn't push me. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
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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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" I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan. "
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Management
Me
Window
" 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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Business
Thought
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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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Ride
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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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" My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all. "
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" We took our eye off the ball as a company. "
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" Lyft is enabling an exciting new model of freedom and personal mobility, as evidenced by its millions of satisfied users. "
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" I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. "
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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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Long
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World
" You can take weight out of a car and truck and still make it very strong. "
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" I was an absolutely untalented designer. "
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