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.
ADAM SAVAGEIt’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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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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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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There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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Don’t work for fools. It’s not worth it.
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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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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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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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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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We are always works in progress.
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I go home at the end of the day and I rarely talk about what I did that day.
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I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker.
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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
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