Casey Neistat Quotes
My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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I like people that are not frightened to say what they think.
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I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.
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I think the main reason is that people binge watch because they can. We're like dogs, really. If we like something, we tend to gorge ourselves on it until there's no more left. And as bingeing becomes possible and commonplace, it's only natural that shows should start to take it into account.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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I've always been a bit of a documentarian.
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Ricky Gervais is a genius.
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If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?
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Vegas is kind of crazy because there's so much going on. Everyone goes there to be entertained.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.
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We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.
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The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.
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When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me.
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We went to church twice a week. My parents were employed in ministry; we prayed before dinner. We rollerbladed in the summer. We were allowed to watch the 'Simpsons.' I fought with my younger brother over Legos.
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Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.
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I would have been very happy just working from job to job, paying my rent one movie at a time. I never wanted to be this famous. I never imagined this life for myself.
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My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking.
