I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
ADAM SAVAGELearning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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Isn’t television glamourous?
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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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Let’s blow some stuff up.
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In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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The ‘Mythbusters’ crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what’s going on, we keep updated.
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Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
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I think at this point, there’s a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can’t ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we’re quite aware of.
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I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I’m more optimistic than pessimistic.
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