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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.

Adam Savage

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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Literally Long Made Paint Story Tell Use What Where
When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
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Anand Thakur
I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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Best Job Kind Mythbuster Next Out Played Responsibility
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
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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Analysis Believe Careful Concluded Empirical Forgiving Much Ought Somebody Thinking Wisdom
Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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Good Gravity Idea Law Pilot
Of course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.
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Arranging Name Ofcourse Order Organisation Point Tool
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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Fierce Intelligence Own Reality Reject Substitute
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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Debate Engendered Incrementally Internationa Optimistic Pessimist Pessimistic Thinking
I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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Brilliant Fix Idea Some
I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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Attention Happen Life My Paid Pictured
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
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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Data Experiment Fail Really Science Spirit Such Test Thing Yield
Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.
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Capable Giving More Shoot Strength Think
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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Everything Fun Mean Much Pretty
And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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Also Appreciating Diving Making Myself Obtaining

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