There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
ADAM SAVAGEit was actually mummified, skin and all – but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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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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it was actually mummified, skin and all – but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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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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And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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we’re finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. I
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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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Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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I’ve always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there’s a little bit of truth to it.
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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
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Any time I have an Internet connection, there’s a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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