Casey Neistat Quotes
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The right time is always right now.
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To sit around and say, I’m not motivated so I can’t do anything, to me is the same thing as being like, I’m so hungry I can’t eat. The only way you’re going to alleviate your hunger is to eat some food, the only way to fix your motivational problem is to do something.
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One of my first questions when I interview prospective employees is, ‘Do you know how big a sheet of plywood is?’ Most people don’t, and say they are different sizes, but it’s 4′ x 8′. Anyway, working with your hands is a very American thing that we kinda lost here, but it’s an important skill to have.
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I think you should dress nicely for airports. You’re surrounded by people coming from all walks of life. You should look your best.
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Just trying to live our lives and figuring out how to turn that into art. It’s tough to say that the art was premeditated. Instead you just focused on living. ‘How do I want to live? What do I want to do?’ Then you figured out how to make that into art.
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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.
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Keep yourself extremely busy. As long as you’re doing something you will find your path.
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Someday I won’t be able to do this. The right time is now.
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Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.
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Work hard, be brave.
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As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don’t push the boundaries, then what’s the point of having it?
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Sometimes we need to let go of the old to make room for the new.
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I love seeing the way in which young people embrace video, and the YouTube vlogger is a fantastic phenomenon.
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Challenge everything in life. Never accept the norm.
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The only way you can have a job and sleep at work whenever you want is when you own the company.
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Ideas are easy. Execution is all that matters.
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Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we’re used to.
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Retirement is what people do when they wait to die.
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I don't know of a more noble, a bigger deal as a filmmaker than to be a YouTube filmmaker.
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It’s a lot easier to be mean than to be nice. So mean people, on top of being jerks, are also lazy and uninventive.