Adam Savage Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Long Quotes

Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

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Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff. These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.

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We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

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If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.

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The 'Mythbusters' crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what's going on, we keep updated.

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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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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!

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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 - well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop - and he said, "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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Isn't television glamourous?

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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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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard. There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.

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I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters. 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, and there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else's drawing sounds like going back to heaven.

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The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?

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Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.

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Jamie's gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.

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I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.

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I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.

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