I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my ‘Creative Projects’ folder
ADAM SAVAGEWhen 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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You know, it’s the best job I’ve ever had, on its worst day it’s better than anything else, but it’s a huge amount of responsibility
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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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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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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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One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea, it’s reality.
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How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
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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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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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You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from ‘Star Wars’
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I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody’s going to take care of you.
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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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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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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Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore.
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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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We’re always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
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If I haven’t had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I’ve already done on this show, this isn’t gonna hurt much more.
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I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
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I’ve meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn’t work for me about them.
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Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one.
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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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