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I think the FDA advisory committee was asleep at the switch, ... The question is, did they not get it, or did they get it and were not willing to stand their ground?


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STEVEN PINKER I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral ...
STEVEN WRIGHT Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less i...
STEVEN WEBER I suspect millions of people from my generation probably have comparable stories to tell: if not of ...
STEVEN JOHNSON I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this...
STEVEN ADLER Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be...
STEVEN PRESSFIELD The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's...
STEVEN WEBER I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
STEVEN WRIGHT Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want ...
STEVEN WEINBERG Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination t...
STEVEN PINKER The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.
STEVEN GERRARD If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, d...
STEVEN WRIGHT Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just anothe...
STEVEN SODERBERGH I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second li...
STEVEN TYLER When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it ...
STEVEN ADLER My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last ...
STEVEN TYLER You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. ...
STEVEN SEAGAL We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning a...
STEVEN PINKER The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them th...
STEVEN SPIELBERG If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes fro...
STEVEN JOHNSON I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
STEVEN WRIGHT I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an...
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