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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.

Adam Savage

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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Difficult Forever Get Good Story Storytelling Truth Way
The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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Face Glass Glasses Scenario Shatter Thinking
When someone tells us something we’re doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can’t read them.
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Board Read Respond Responsive Someone Tell Try Wrong
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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Despite Fast Knowing Pace Right Tool Work Worse
I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
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Chewbacca Grab Hold Much People Ridiculous Walk
We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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End Industrial Park Place Way
Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
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Back Call Called Clear Crap First Shop Tell
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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Crazy Forum Information Make Movie People Prop Replica Trade Travel
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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Data Experiment Fail Really Science Spirit Such Test Thing Yield
It’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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Brain Everything Interested Possibly Repository
That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!
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Anything Cool Excellent Girl Looked Mean Really
My dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
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Dignity Fierce Good Meet Television
It’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!
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Car Desert Fire Over Rise Sun Treat
Isn’t television glamourous?
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Glamourous Style Television
And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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Careful Conclude Consideration Keeping People Score
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
I’ve always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there’s a little bit of truth to it.
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Laugh Laughing Little Make Something Truth You
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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Appreciate Constantly Design People Thinking Together Working
My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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Advice Keep Lip Spinning Thing
Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.
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Capable Giving More Shoot Strength Think
“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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Agree Always Clearly Creative Interesting Massive Method Progress Science Showing
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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Bringing Explosion Fun Great Legend People Urban Watch Way
Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
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Children Country Growing Up Realizing
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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Away Blue Bruised Collar Dirty Experience Husband Proud Wife Work
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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Anand Thakur
I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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Age Early Key Kid Learned Powerful Thing Wanted
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

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