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The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.
Milton Friedman
Government
Great
World
Way
Runs
Construct
Civilization
Pursuing
Self
Individuals
Come
Industry
Ford
His
Revolutionize
Bureaucrat
Achievements
Order
Automobile
Automobile Industry
Einstein
Interests
Theory
Henry
Henry Ford
Great Achievements
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
Elon Musk
Business
People
Car
Made
Reliable
Bet
Horse
Cheap
He
Wrong
Ford
Said
Huge
Worked
Henry
Henry Ford
I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
Orson Welles
Old
John
John Ford
Ford
Masters
Which
Mean
Prefer
I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.
Amy Schumer
Day
Thought
Never
Never Forget
Ford
Model
Forget
Quite
Realized
My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.
Carroll Shelby
World
Win
Beating
Ford
Proudest
Ferrari
Working
Mans
Moments
World Championship
Championship
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term.
Juan Williams
Lost
Lyndon
President
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Presidents
Run
Carter
Only
Johnson
Term
Bids
Ford
George
Years
Did
Bush
Second
Last
Second Term
I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler
Months
Ford
Got
Years
Five
Canned
After
Henry
Henry Ford
Four
A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.
Lee Iacocca
Me
Business
First
Charlie
Guy
Mentor
Retail
He
Named
Importance
Ford
Dealers
Taught
Nose
FDR had a certain charisma, at least in his first term, with the big grin, the cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, and the battered hat on his imposing head, but no other American president since then has had it except JFK - indeed, some of them have been positively anti-charismatic, like Gerald Ford, Carter, and the Bushes.
Michael Korda
First
Big
Other
Cigarette
President
Positively
Indeed
Battered
Hat
Charisma
Carter
Some
Angle
Except
Had
Head
Since
Term
Like
First Term
Ford
Least
Imposing
Been
His
American
Holder
Grin
Them
Bushes
Then
American President
Certain
Should Ford succeed in equipping all its cars with information that gets communicated back to its servers, it will become a 'big data' company, a beyond-vehicles opportunity that is as promising as it is murky.
Adam Lashinsky
Opportunity
Car
Will
Big
Become
Back
Promising
Data
Ford
Gets
Information
Succeed
Should
Company
Murky
I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
Adam Osborne
Myself
You
People
Car
Percent
Give
Most
Industry
Ford
Auto
Auto Industry
Henry
Henry Ford
Need
Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions. And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
Al Pacino
You
Mind
First
Few
Stage
Back
Later
Francis
Directions
Days
Like
Read
Sort
Ford
Narrator
Go
Tape
Did
Listen
Movie
Cut
Then
Your
Show
Radio
Rough
Film
Coppola
Early
Plays
The most important thing is the fact we have created this successful and sustainable Ford Motor Co. worldwide. I have no regrets.
Alan Mulally
Important
Worldwide
Fact
No Regrets
Most
Most Important Thing
Ford
Important Thing
Motor
The Most Important
Sustainable
Regrets
Created
Successful
Thing
The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.
Alan Mulally
Love
Quality
Safety
Ford
Line
Brand
Chinese
Product
Ford had a number of different strategies over the years that they thought obviously made sense at the time, just like all the different brands, and also the regional operations.
Alan Mulally
Time
Thought
Made
Sense
Had
Over
Like
Also
Obviously
Ford
Operations
Years
Brands
Just
Different
Regional
Strategies
Number
The One Ford plan drives the business to get PGA, Profitable Growth for All, meaning that every year we increase the profits and cash flow. So how do we do that? We serve all the markets around the world with a complete family of vehicles and use the One Ford Plan.
Alan Mulally
Family
Business
World
Year
Every
Increase
Complete
Markets
Cash
Drives
Vehicles
Ford
Around
How
Get
Meaning
Plan
Use
Serve
Growth
Profitable
Profits
Flow
I'm more convinced than when I accepted this job that we can create a viable Ford Motor Co. that makes cars and trucks that people really do prefer. And we can make them using minimum resources and minimum time and be competitive with our competition.
Alan Mulally
Time
People
Competition
Car
Job
Our
Resources
Minimum
More
Trucks
Make
Ford
Accepted
Makes
Motor
Than
Viable
Prefer
Them
Create
Really
Convinced
Using
Competitive
I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa, which spoiled the hell out of me.
Alden Ehrenreich
Me
First
Hell
Francis
Out
Spoiled
Ford
Did
Which
Film
It's just cool to have lunch with Harrison Ford.
Alden Ehrenreich
Lunch
Harrison Ford
Ford
Just
Cool
Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford are both geniuses.
Arizona Muse
Both
Geniuses
Ford
Karl
Tom
Tom Ford
I think I can speak for a lot of people in that they would be pretty nervous about meeting Harrison Ford, and I was definitely one of those people.
Asa Butterfield
People
Speak
Nervous
Think
Meeting
Harrison Ford
Those
Definitely
Would
Would-Be
Pretty
About
Ford
Lot
I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called a Watergate, and some guy named Gerald Ford who my dad knew who had just become president, and how all these things fit together.
Bill Huizenga
Together
Watergate
Remember
Argument
Become
Young
President
Out
Some
Something
Guy
Had
Knew
Named
Ford
How
Passionate
Fit
Very
Trying
Heated
Just
Place
Vietnam
Figure
Who
Dad
Things
The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.
Bobby Ray Inman
Time
Director
Intelligence
Competitor
Assuming
Presidency
President
Rumor
Rumsfeld
Potential
Had
Ford
Got
George
Chief
Staff
Central
Bush
Persuaded
Standard
Rid
Appoint
The supposedly petty sexual harassment that so many women have to endure, from Hollywood studios to the factory floor at Ford, is a national outrage that needs to end. Period.
Bret Stephens
Needs
Women
National
Petty
Sexual
Outrage
Factory
Studios
Supposedly
Period
Ford
End
Endure
Hollywood
Harassment
Many
Floor
When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
Carine Roitfeld
Life
Me
Amazing
Made
My Life
Gucci
Something
Consult
Consulting
Never
Had
Know
Look
Ford
Asked
Tom
Tom Ford
I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.
Carine Roitfeld
Time
Long
Long Time
Gucci
Long Time Ago
Ford
Years
Tom
Tom Ford
Muse
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