Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
ADAM SAVAGENearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward
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I go home at the end of the day and I rarely talk about what I did that day.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea, it’s reality.
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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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In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
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I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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Bigger is always better.
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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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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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
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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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We’re allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.
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Am I about to feel really, really stupid?
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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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I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker.
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There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.
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The coolest toys don’t have to be bought; they can be built.
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Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
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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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Don’t work for fools. It’s not worth it.
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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
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We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it’s been quite smooth over there.
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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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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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