In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
ADAM SAVAGEI learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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I’ve regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.
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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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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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In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
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Failure is always an option.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one.
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So my wife’s experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they’re doing.
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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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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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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
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Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.
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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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