Michael Chertoff Quotes

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.

Michael Chertoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1953

Topics

FailureCityThinkInformationFirst

But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?

Jena Malone

SomeoneYouGoMatterAlwaysGoing

I feel like, for so many years in the industry, LGBT-identifying actors were told to play small or water themselves down or 'butch it up,' whether you're a male and you're only going out for straight characters because gay characters aren't being written, or you're a woman and you're told to 'femme it up' to play the leading lady role.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

WaterWomanSmallFeelYouPlay

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

Jean-Paul Sartre

ManOnceAnguishSays

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Stephen Ambrose

BusinessDoneProfessorsBig1930s

I'm a good person.

Sidney Poitier

GoodGood PersonPerson

Good arms are overrated.

Mickey Rivers

GoodArmsOverrated

I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing, because we like to work.

Mike Colter

WorkGoodTimeThinkDoingSitting

I'm not one of those actresses that's going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goals and just get disgruntled and hate everything about the business. I've had so much fun.

Ming-Na Wen

GoalsDreamsBusinessHateFunFeel

I'm much more interested in working and getting on with my music.

Boy George

MusicMoreWorkingInterestedMuch

They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween contest. It was really funny. That made me the coolest aunt on earth.

Tina Yothers

FunnyCharacterMeNameEarthPark

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.

Leonardo da Vinci

MirrorPracticeEyeReasonExistence

Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.

Kendrick Lamar

TimeBlackPrideLongLong Time

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