Adam Savage Quotes
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I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.
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The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government.
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I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me in an ever more fantastical way.
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There's always a wine bully. The one person who did read the 'Wine Spectator,' who tells you what to drink and why the '97 is better than the '98. I want to punch the wine bully in the face. I want to make sure this generation of wine drinkers isn't elitist and snotty. I want it to be about family and bringing people together.
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My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.
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A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
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Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.
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Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.
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Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
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I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.
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I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
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I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.
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Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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Therefore, everything seen – every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it – is a Duchamp. Turn it over and it is.
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Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring.
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He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words.
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I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.
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In the alternate universe of conservative talk radio, the killing of Bin Laden coincidentally happened on Barack Obama's watch. He had to be kicked dragging and screaming into authorizing it, and even then he made lots of mistakes.
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You'd go in, read the script once for timing and then you would sit around and play games. The sound effects people would come in and we would do a dress rehearsal so they could get the effects and the music cues in place. Then you would wait until you went on the air.
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I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.
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Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!