Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
ADAM SAVAGEIf I haven’t had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I’ve already done on this show, this isn’t gonna hurt much more.
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Failure is always an option.
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Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
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When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
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And there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else’s drawing sounds like going back to heaven.
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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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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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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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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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Bigger is always better.
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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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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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