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Rick Wagoner

"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."

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"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."

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"Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries."

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"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"

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"The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it."

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"The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'"

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"As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management."

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"Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act."

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"No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team."

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"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager."

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"I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand."
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"Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system."
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"Most of the model consolidation we've done is behind us. There will be some fine tuning."
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"History shows you don't know what the future brings."
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"This is a game that's going to play as long as you're playing it. It's never going to end. It'll go until I retire, and when the next person has the job, they'll be on it too."
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"On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I 'step aside' as CEO of GM, and so I have."
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"I'm not sure we think it's a win to talk about what you're taking out."
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"We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating."
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"All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace."
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"A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain."
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