And there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else’s drawing sounds like going back to heaven.
ADAM SAVAGEThey’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.
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There is no dignity in television.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
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