Casey Neistat Quotes
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The best way to find something you love is by doing something you hate.
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The idea that somebody would go to my YouTube channel and want to watch movies and then be subjected to some terrible car commercial - I don't like that.
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I won’t hire someone or date a girl who has not worked in a restaurant, and that’s the honest truth. I don’t think you know how it is until you’ve worked in a restaurant.
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As a guiding principle, life shrinks, and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk.
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The reason why I'm sending my super-intellectual 12-year old kid to tech school is because I don't believe he would succeed in this world unless he first learned to work with his hands.
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Live as if it were impossible to fail.
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I work in both very strict conditions and very loose, more open-minded conditions in advertising, and Nike is by far the most open-minded of all.
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Success is not a destination.
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I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City.
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If New Yorkers reduced portion size to 16 ounces from 20 ounces for one sugary drink every two weeks, it would collectively save approximately 2.3 million pounds over one year.
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Phone calls, that is actually interrupting someone’s life to have them talk on the phone, should be eresrved for emergencies only.
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So many car commercials are shot in the Salt Flats, and so much great imagery comes out of that place, but I've never been there, and I'm curious.
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Pablo Picasso would paint a painting and hang it on the wall, and you would go and see the painting exactly how he wanted it to be made. But if you have an idea for a TV show, for example, you're beholden to studios to produce it and distributors to distribute it.
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Being nice takes work. That’s why I really like people who are nice.
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I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?'
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I'm not an exhibitionist; I don't have a compulsion to share the ins and outs of my daily life with a public audience.
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I moved to New York City when I was 20 years old, started making movies non-stop. I didn't have any friends, so I would just sit at home all night editing on my iMac.
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I took my iPod to the Apple store here in Manhattan and asked them to replace the battery. And they explained to me that Apple does not offer a service to replace the battery in the iPod, and my best bet was to buy a new iPod.
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The reason why people wear pajamas to the airport in the first place is so that they’ll be comfortable during their flight. But you know, typically, air travel is 50 to 75 percent of the time you spend traveling. The rest of the time you spend in public places like airports and around other people. That’s when looking good trumps comfort.
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I was raised on Nirvana and flannel shirts and Rage Against the Machine, and I sort of describe my youth as rebellious and always fighting the system.
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The technical process which is interesting in it’s own right but I think the creative process is what’s more intriguing to me.
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If it is broken fix it. If you don’t like it change it. And if you want something take it. Don’t complain about it. Do something about it.
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I grew up in the Northeast; I've seen hurricanes before and trees down and cars destroyed.
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I don't send and receive messages on Snapchat; I never have. Stories is the only feature I use. I think of them becoming a more dynamic social network, and I think it's great.