I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
ADAM SAVAGEDeadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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Prayer doesn’t work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening.
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I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.
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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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I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
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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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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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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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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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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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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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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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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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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on ‘MythBusters,’
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Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!
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Well, that was kind of fun, wasn’t it? I mean, I don’t see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun.”
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There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.
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If I haven’t had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I’ve already done on this show, this isn’t gonna hurt much more.
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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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