Casey Neistat Quotes
More often than not I find myself in situations where I have no idea what I’m doing, and I feel no shame in revealing that.
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I like to work all the time and really immerse myself in the project.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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Occasionally, especially on video games and with a lot of the fighting stuff, to get what you feel is the proper sound, you have to imitate what you're doing, and occasionally I've gotten carried away and kicked over mic stands or punched things.
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I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
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When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.
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I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.
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I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
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You don't want to move in with someone and find out that they don't have auto or health insurance. That's a rude awakening.
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Every idea has its time.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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We will all be gone one day. Not as a negative thing - as a positive thing, too, you know, and we should leave something behind ourselves.
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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
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More often than not I find myself in situations where I have no idea what I’m doing, and I feel no shame in revealing that.
