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.
ADAM SAVAGEI’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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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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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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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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I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought.
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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we’re finding fertile material.
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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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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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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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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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Failure is always an option.
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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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