Alan Mulally Quotes
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This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.
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I think my first-ever car was a Chevrolet, 1960.
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With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.
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The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.
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Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.
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You can't improve if you don't know what the real situation is.
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Be true to yourself and your values.
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I love hanging out with skilled and motivated people.
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No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.
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Automobiles are fun and exciting. We need them. They are a part of our lives.
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You need to have a can-do attitude. There is always a way.
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My favorite expression is a tag line or an advertising and marketing campaign that Ford ran a number of years ago. They ran it for almost 12 years, and it was, 'Have you driven a Ford lately?'
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You can't manage a secret.
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The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.
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It's all about producing products people want.
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Having one national standard for mpg and CO2 is extremely important.
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If you have a common purpose and an environment in which people want to help others succeed, the problems will be fixed quickly.
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Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it's a small vehicle or a large vehicle.
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The purpose of life is to love and be loved... what could possibly be more energizing than that?
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I don't see anything changing about our desire for quality and fuel efficiency and safety and smart design, no matter what the vehicle size.
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We want people to still have choices - Ford cars and trucks, whatever works for their lifestyle.
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I believe America should make things.
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I really do believe that working together works, and it's amazing to me.
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I know how inter-dependent the world is.