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The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.

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Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on 'MythBusters,' 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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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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There is no dignity in television.

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Failure is always an option.

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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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Am I missing an eyebrow?

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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

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Remember kids, I have life insurance.

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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul

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

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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 am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I'm more optimistic than pessimistic.

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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.

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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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I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it. It's a pointless delay that wrecks my pace - and mood.

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Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians. They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day. You wake up and the world says, 'Oops, it's too much fun to go to school, you've got to stay home and deal with the snow!'

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We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

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There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.

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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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