Michael Chertoff Quotes
The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.
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If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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I have been waiting for someone to come along and tap into that very real frustration that exists in a very large segment of the working-class Republican base. And no one had done it until Donald Trump. I very clearly saw a void, and I knew somebody would fill it. And the moment I knew he had filled it, I knew he would win the nomination.
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I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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Typically, there's this perspective among writers - and black writers: there's this idea that there is one person - and maybe beyond writers - among blacks, there is always one person who everyone should go to learn about all things black.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.
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I never even dreamed of being a chef, and that's fundamental.
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America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.
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I'm not a homophobic.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.
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I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.
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When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.
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The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.
