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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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Leadership
Best
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" Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
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" Ford comes first before everything else I do in my life. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Life
First
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" What cooler way to grow up for an American boy than to be around cars and football? "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Football
Grow Up
American
" I don't know if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Company
Like
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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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" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Alone
Consequences
Late
" 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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" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
People
Care
Worst
" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Personality
Nobody
Me
" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Think
True
America
" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Good
Bad
Speak
" One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Healthy
Find
Economy
" Whenever I'm at a party, people are always telling me either to get a new quarterback or make the Taurus back seat bigger. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
New
Always
Back
" 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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" 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. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Father
Life
Business
" 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
" Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Creation
Job
Economy
" Nature is where my heart is. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Where
Heart
Nature
" We took our eye off the ball as a company. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Company
Took
Our
" 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
Storage
" My father didn't push me. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Father
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Me
" Lyft is enabling an exciting new model of freedom and personal mobility, as evidenced by its millions of satisfied users. "
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Satisfied
New
Model
" You can take weight out of a car and truck and still make it very strong. "
William Clay Ford, Jr.
You
Truck
Take
" 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
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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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Loyal
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" There are almost no limits in terms of what a car can become. "
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Almost
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Car
" 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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Driving
Experience
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" The day will come when the notion of car ownership becomes antiquated. If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car. "
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Day
Car
City
" 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
London
World