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In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
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Exist Make Only Sometimes Way Yourself
I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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Doing Fierce Hell Moment One
Especially parts from ‘Star Wars’ – I can do this stuff all day long. It’s exactly how I made my living for 15 years.
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Living Long Make Star Stuff Wars Year
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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Debate Engendered Incrementally Internationa Optimistic Pessimist Pessimistic Thinking
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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Break Continue Fierce Fool Going Making Now On Process Trying
There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
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Crap Graduation Hard Inspirational Over Thing Working You
I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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Appreciate Constantly Design People Thinking Together Working
Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
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Children Country Growing Up Realizing
They’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!
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Good Idea Least Not Very
The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it’s really fun, and you know we’re always going to give you a satisfying ending.
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Bringing Explosion Fun Great Legend People Urban Watch Way
We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it’s been quite smooth over there.
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Cleared Moved Occupation Park Trace Way
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.
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Board Endless Fan Much Read Too Trying
The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
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Literally Long Made Paint Story Tell Use What Where
It’s a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it’s people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.
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Crazy Forum Information Make Movie People Prop Replica Trade Travel
In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.
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Anand Thakur
Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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Brain Cash Reality Sometimes Write Writing
I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.
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Basic Board Boards Internet Taste Tate Vitriolic Way
I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me
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Believe Everything Know Love Still Think
We didn’t set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don’t purport that what we do is real science but we’re demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
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Curiosity Educator Real Scientist Set
There’s this group online that I frequent.
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Frequent Group Information Online People
Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
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Back Call Called Clear Crap First Shop Tell
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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Appreciate Clinging Existence Idea Need Ordered Reality Religion Worth
I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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Age Early Key Kid Learned Powerful Thing Wanted
The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.
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Box Closer Deadline Likely Start Thinking Way Outside
That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
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Like Our People Think Way
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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Depth Ignorance Making Mostly Project Task
“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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Agree Always Clearly Creative Interesting Massive Method Progress Science Showing

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