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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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Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law!

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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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Remember kids, I have life insurance.

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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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This is the point in the show where we say, 'Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?'

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Lists are how I parse and manage the 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. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.

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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

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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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I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my 'Creative Projects' folder - it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in. Any time I have an Internet connection, there's a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.

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From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way we've done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

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I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

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

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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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It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

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

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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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I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.

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