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20 quotes by Rick Wagoner

George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as Chairman and CEO at General Motors on March 29, 2009, at the request of the White House. The latter part of Wagoner's tenure as CEO of General Motors found him under heavy criticism as the market valuation of GM went down by more than 90% and the company lost more than $82...
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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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On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I 'step aside'... →

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Don't worry about planning every step of your life.

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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... →

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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... →

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There are some things that I like, like education, wine, and I'd like to be a good cook, although I'm a pretty good eater now.

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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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History shows you don't know what the future brings.

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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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I'm not sure we think it's a win to talk about what you're taking out.

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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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The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

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We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene... →

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