Casey Neistat Quotes
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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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Troubleshooting a wiring problem is a soul-killing experience.
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I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man.
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If I'm in the stands at a U2 concert watching Bono, how can I capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake?
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For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.
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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.
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I use iPod all the time, almost every day. It's great.
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I've always been an incredibly physically capable human being. I've always had good control of my body, walk a hundred feet on my hands, jump off rock wall and do a back flip into the sand. That's always been who I am.
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You never ‘make’ it. There is no end goal in life so you should enjoy the journey.
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When you get bullied, success is the best revenge. Always remember: the kids who bully you are losers and will remain losers.
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Overthinking the process will kill any career in the creative space. You just have to do, not think.
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I don't keep an ongoing dribble of updates of my day, but I tell little compartmentalized stories every day on Snapchat. I use it much more like making a movie than maintaining a diary. When people watch my 60-second clips, there's a beginning, middle, and end.
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I'm not able to make amazingly perfect, precious pieces of content, but I get to make awesome spontaneous content that's frequently ephemeral.
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As a viewer, I care about people, I care about characters, I care about perspective.
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Almost everything looks the same at art fairs - very hygienic, very white, lots of right angles.
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Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.
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I made a living for 10 years making very typical TV commercials. But I always wanted to reach beyond that and do stuff that people might relate to in the way they relate to my non-branded content.
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I was always the guy who jumped off the roof of the garage, who could climb up the facade of a building.
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There are always good reasons not to do things, but if you really believe that there’s something you have to do, the universe has a way of making it okay.
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Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and work.
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Do more.
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Don’t try to fit in, you will be unhappy when you try to be something you are not.
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Experience does for the soul, what education does for the mind.
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I think I'm like that nerdy dad from middle school who always has a video camera, but in the same respect, I only take it out during interesting occasions.