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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.

Adam Savage

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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Actual Children Church Family Fourth Generation God Religion Trend
These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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Everywhere Interesting Investigation Lab National People Place Real
That you have to do the heavy lifting while you’re here. And when you don’t, well, you suffer the consequences.
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Anand Thakur
There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.
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Audience Critical Front Joke Laugh Show Thinking Unless
Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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Anand Thakur
If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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Dignity Humiliating Mythbuster
Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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Cosmetic End Every Hellboy Job Nearly One Paint Revolver
And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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Also Appreciating Diving Making Myself Obtaining
It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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Creative Curious Mindset Playful Way
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
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Ballon Genre Going Haystack Lead Legend Myth Needle Over People Phrase Tracking
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’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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Anand Thakur
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
Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on ‘MythBusters,’
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Always Background Goes Hidden Process Technology Trying
After 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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Blow Button Detonation Explode Nice Push Remote Something Year
That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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Lion List May Okay Project Wish

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