Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
ADAM SAVAGEThere is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.
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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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We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
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I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.
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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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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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My dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
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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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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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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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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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Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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we’re finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. I
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I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me
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I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
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Let’s blow some stuff up.
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Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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Well, that was kind of fun, wasn’t it? I mean, I don’t see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun.”
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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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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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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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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.
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