Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
ADAM SAVAGESo my wife’s experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they’re doing.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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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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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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I would have to say that looked like it hurt.
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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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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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These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
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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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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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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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Isn’t television glamourous?
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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the 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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