Quote by Michael Chertoff
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistak

I think the idea that you can go this alone is – was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans. – Michael Chertoff

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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 didnt have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. – Michael Chertoff

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We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will. – Michael Chertoff

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

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In truth, I am a single mother. But I dont feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends. – Padma Lakshmi

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As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere – it is a lonely place. Its an isolated city in that respect because youre driving to places alone listening to the radio. – Jason Schwartzman

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Success doesnt necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone wont win a game or a battle the win comes from basic blocking and tackling. – Naveen Jain

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Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone. – Rudyard Kipling

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I was so wild and crazy and dumb in my car. It didnt run but 30 miles an hour. You made do. – Muddy Waters

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. – Alfred North Whitehead

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“I” cannot reach fulfillment without “thou.” The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

Good health and good sense are two of lifes greatest blessings. – Publilius Syrus

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