American - Entertainer | July 15, 1967 -
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.
Adam Savage
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I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!
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Failure is always an option.
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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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I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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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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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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Jamie doesn't like to do anything hastily, and I like to do everything incredibly hastily. So therein you have the dichotomy of our patterns.
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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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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
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