Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 252

“Why God gave me only girls, only he knows.”

“Why God gave me only girls, only he knows.”

“I’m an illegal immigrant.”

“I’m an illegal immigrant.”

“If I sit alone I get a little more money, so I just...

“If I sit alone I get a little more money, so I just doodle to keep myself busy.”

“I grew up in West Harlem where there wasn’t much opportunity....

“I grew up in West Harlem where there wasn’t much opportunity. When I got my job with the MTA, suddenly I was making five times more money than I had ever made before. So all I could think about was not wasting the opportunity. Once I worked a whole month straight with no days off. With overtime, I think I clocked 180 hours during a two-week period. I felt like any time that I wasn’t working was time wasted. These days I don’t work nearly as much.
“What caused the change?”
“She broke up with me for awhile.”

“I wasn’t the first woman he pulled over his garbage truck...

“I wasn’t the first woman he pulled over his garbage truck for.”
“But she was the last.”

“I’ve only been playing for three weeks. I had to...

“I’ve only been playing for three weeks. I had to miss a couple practices already because I tried to catch the ball and it hit me in the face.”

“I want to play in the NBA. Or be a mortician.”“Why a...

“I want to play in the NBA. Or be a mortician.”
“Why a mortician?”
“I liked the way that my uncle was dressed at his funeral. And if I’m a mortician when someone in my family passes away, then I can take care of their body. Also my science teacher went on the internet for me and found out that morticians make $54,000 a year.”

“She knows what I need to hear, and is good at...

“She knows what I need to hear, and is good at recognizing when I’m willing to hear it.”

“I hit the game winning shot in the ‘75 City...

“I hit the game winning shot in the ‘75 City Junior College Championships.”

Today in microfashion…

Today in microfashion…