I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker.
ADAM SAVAGEGrowing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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Any time I have an Internet connection, there’s a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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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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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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Forever, the way we’ve done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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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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It’s a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it’s people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.
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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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And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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Bigger is always better.
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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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It’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea, it’s reality.
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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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There’s this group online that I frequent.
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I find it’s too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we’re being well-defended, of exactly what we’re doing.
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The car is effectively a black box.
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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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