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
ADAM SAVAGEAfter 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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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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Jamie’s gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.
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I think at this point, there’s a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can’t ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we’re quite aware of.
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Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
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The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us.
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There 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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My dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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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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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
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How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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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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