William Clay Ford, Sr. Quotes
Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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My best friend is my husband.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.
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When I moved to L.A. and joined East West Players, I started acting professionally.
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I borrowed 100 pounds and made the pact with God: Make me a millionaire - and you can have half of my money.
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People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
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Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
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Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can.
