Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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More Adam Savage Quotes
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When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
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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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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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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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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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You wake up and the world says, ‘Oops, it’s too much fun to go to school, you’ve got to stay home and deal with the snow!’
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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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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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The car is effectively a black box.
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“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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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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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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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought.
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Let’s blow some stuff up.
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I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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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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Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on ‘MythBusters,’
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How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
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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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