David Oshinsky Quotes
So much of the bitterness that the term 'McCarthyism' evokes refers to the probe begun in New Jersey in the summer of 1953 - both in the laboratories of Fort Monmouth and in the surrounding communities of Red Bank and Belmar, where some of the best scientists and engineers in America worked.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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White America is in the minority.
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My dad grew up basically in a hut in Taiwan without enough food to eat. And within one generation his son in America gets to do a comedy show about whatever he wants.
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So much of the bitterness that the term 'McCarthyism' evokes refers to the probe begun in New Jersey in the summer of 1953 - both in the laboratories of Fort Monmouth and in the surrounding communities of Red Bank and Belmar, where some of the best scientists and engineers in America worked.
