Michael Chertoff Quotes

And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money.

Michael Chertoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodMoneyStartProcessPolitical

I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.

John Corey Whaley

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I think, today, television is asking too many loaded questions, pushing further for ratings.

Juan Gabriel

TodayThinkQuestionsTelevision

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

Jon English

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We need legislation that encourages increased competition and tort reform and combats fraud, waste, and abuse. This would drive down health care costs, provide more 'bottom line' for our small businesses and lead to more private sector job growth.

Chris Gibson

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On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel.

Clare Balding

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Usually, when people are asked, 'Would you ever do high school again?' a good 99 percent of them say, 'Oh God, no. I would never do that again.' I would absolutely go back to high school.

Ashleigh Murray

GoodGodSchoolPeopleHigh School

Americans generally regard themselves as belonging to an exceptional nation. And in terms of living in a religiously tolerant and enormously diverse country, Americans can certainly take some justified pride.

Peter Bergen

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In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

Pete Rozelle

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I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.

Shelley Fabares

PeopleThinkLot

I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary.

Seamus Heaney

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I've been into Sonic Youth since junior high school. I think I kind of have ADD, so it's good music for ADD because it just throws you in different directions all the time. I really like Kim Gordon's voice and Thurston Moore's voice, and I like the guitars going off on tangents.

Norman Reedus

GoodMusicTimeSchoolYouthThink

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

Norah O'Donnell

SchoolToughHigh SchoolRaceHigh

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