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Michael Chertoff

"But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges."

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"But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges."

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Akiroq Brost

"Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song."

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Akiroq Brost

"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

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"It was always me and the other guy. I came in second for a long time."

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"Time management is a big part of the director's job."

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"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."

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Akiroq Brost

"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."

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Akiroq Brost

"Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach."

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"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."

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Michael Chertoff
"The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you."

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Michael Chertoff
"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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Michael Chertoff
"First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one."

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Michael Chertoff
"But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges."

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Michael Chertoff
"And here where the fact that we've given over half a billion dollars to New York really plays a role, because New York has already made a lot of investments in the kinds of things which you'd expect to have as basic security."

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Michael Chertoff
"We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack."

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Michael Chertoff
"We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA."

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Michael Chertoff
"Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home."

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Michael Chertoff
"So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with the average across the prior three years and substantially more, by a country mile, than the money given to any other city."

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Michael Chertoff
"And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money on a very rigid formula all across the country, with a certain percentage to each state."

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