Casey Neistat Quotes
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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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Go to bed when you’ve finished work, not earlier.
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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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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.
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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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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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Don’t try to fit in, you will be unhappy when you try to be something you are not.
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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.
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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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If you’re fit now, take advantage of it. If you have a free hour, take advantage of it. If you have an idea now, take advantage of it. All those things are fleeting, and all those things are temporary.
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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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Troubleshooting a wiring problem is a soul-killing experience.
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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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When you are taught the right way to do something you are forced to forge your own path.
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I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man.
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Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and work.
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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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Experience does for the soul, what education does for the mind.
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Story is king. Everything else is a slave to the story.
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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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I consider myself to be a very good skateboarder, but the difficulty when you're being pulled behind any car, when there's only a 20-ft. line, is that you can't see the potholes.
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I use iPod all the time, almost every day. It's great.
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If you type 'Salt Flats' into YouTube, you'll find 100 amazing videos that were shot out there, but you won't find any that were shot in the rain.