Edsel Ford Quotes
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And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.
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Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there.
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The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
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This game is repeated again and again, and in it the role of the so-called 'German princes' is just as miserable as that of the Jews themselves. These lords were really God's punishment for their beloved peoples and find their parallels only in the various ministers of the present time.
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Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!
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Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours.
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The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.
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In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.
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You are the crown of creation, and you've got no place to go.
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Years place at last a venerable crown upon a head.
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What to one man is the virtue which he has sunk below the possibility of aspiring to, is to another the backsliding by which he forfeits his spiritual crown.
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Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.
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Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this world were shooting their partridges... While this man with blackened fingers, with grim brow, was searching out, in his workshop, the Fire-secret.
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When the leaves turn brown, I'll be wearing the batting crown
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The daring nature of Ford’s method is revealed when one realizes that a direct consequence of limiting the space is that when the allotted space is full, the workers feeding it must stop producing. Therefore, in order to achieve flow, Ford had to abolish local efficiencies. In other words, flow lines are flying in the face of conventional wisdom; the convention that, to be effective, every worker and every work center have to be busy 100% of the time.
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After many decades of Disney movies, we have been conditioned to expect princesses to fall in love quickly with their charming princes and 'live happily ever after.'
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.
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I believe that life supports what supports more of life. In other words, motivation does matter. If you're just trying to take care of yourself, you're part of life and I believe life steps in and gives you a certain level of insight.
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I chop 'em into salad and my name ain't Caesar.
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There are no crown princes at Ford.
