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He was eccentric. He was no prince in his social attitudes and his politics. But Henry Ford's mark in history is almost unbelievable.

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

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We believe the combination of these two companies will produce very powerful synergies and puts us on a solid platform from which we should be able to realize our full growth potential.

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Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

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You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.

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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

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If it hadn't been for Henry Ford's drive to create a mass market for cars, America wouldn't have a middle class today.

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MBAs know everything but understand nothing.

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If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

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The one word that makes a good manager decisiveness.

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When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.

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If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent.

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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words people, product, and profits.

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I was stunned. It was a complete takeover. Chrysler had 12 billion in cash and was stronger at the time and should have bought Daimler.

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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather thenumbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

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I'm here today because our country needs a change in leadership, ... We need a leader who is really dedicated to creating millions of high-paying jobs all across the country.

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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.

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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

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One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

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He's just a good kid. I didn't understand half the things he was telling me, but it was fun.

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People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

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