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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.

Adam Savage

They’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!
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Good Idea Least Not Very
Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
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Detail Industrial Light Magic Maker Model Professional
Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task.
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Breaking Confront Constituent Depth Hugeness Ignorance Organize Something Task
I go home at the end of the day and I rarely talk about what I did that day.
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Day Dirty End Home Husband Job Rarely Talk
The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we’re finding fertile material.
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Anywhere Believe Episode Misconception People Phrase Theme Trend
After all those years of doing remote detonations, where we just push a button and something explodes, to actually see a nice big fat line of black smoke heading toward something that will blow up is very satisfying.
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Blow Button Detonation Explode Nice Push Remote Something Year
They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
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Explain Fourteen Frequently never Old Realize Year
Don’t work for fools. It’s not worth it.
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Fool Graduation Inspirational Running Work Worth
Especially parts from ‘Star Wars’ – I can do this stuff all day long. It’s exactly how I made my living for 15 years.
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Living Long Make Star Stuff Wars Year
How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
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Blow Full Gasoline Hard Room
My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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Advice Keep Lip Spinning Thing
Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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Exotic Long Material Mind Process Refine Remove Thinking Variable
That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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Anand Thakur
I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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Best Job Kind Mythbuster Next Out Played Responsibility
Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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Coolest Ever Fireman Toy
Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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Anand Thakur

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