I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
ADAM SAVAGEWalking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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Whether it’s in a phrase like “going over like a lead balloon” or “a needle in a haystack,” or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond
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These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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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.
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The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It’s like Batman’s utility belt.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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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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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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We are always works in progress.
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Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.
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The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it’s really fun, and you know we’re always going to give you a satisfying ending.
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