Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 393

"I ended a 13 year relationship last year. It was emotionally...

"I ended a 13 year relationship last year. It was emotionally traumatic for me. I wanted to try to repair the relationship, but he thought it was irreparable. He ended it so suddenly. I was trying to show him affection one night, and he just said: ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ It hurt so badly. He could have been much more nuanced about it."
"Do you think it ultimately would have hurt more if he’d been more incremental about it?" 
"That’s hard to say. Though I did find a much better partner shortly after the breakup."

"Do you know how much it fucking sucks to ask your mom for money...

"Do you know how much it fucking sucks to ask your mom for money when you’re 43?"

"My dad found out about his surprise birthday party. He tricked...

"My dad found out about his surprise birthday party. He tricked me into telling him by coming up to me and saying: ‘I know what you’re up to.’ I had to beg him to come. He’s very private and doesn’t like to be the center of attention. At the last minute, he even called me from the front yard and said: ‘I changed my mind. I can’t do it.’"

"My mom is always posting your shit on my wall."

"My mom is always posting your shit on my wall."

"He’s almost as good as me, so he keeps me challenged."

"He’s almost as good as me, so he keeps me challenged."

"We’re hoping to get some funding from angel investors...

"We’re hoping to get some funding from angel investors before telling our parents we aren’t going to college."

"Sometimes my mom grounds me because of my attitude, which gives...

"Sometimes my mom grounds me because of my attitude, which gives me a bad attitude."

"I’m in my third year of college, and I still remember...

"I’m in my third year of college, and I still remember when my second grade English teacher told me that if I kept acting up in class, I wasn’t going to go to college. It made me so mad. Now I actually go back and speak to her class. I tell them: ‘Don’t worry if Ms. Hendricks is tough on you. That means she likes you.’"

"You ever seen that movie Divergent? Well, it’s about this...

"You ever seen that movie Divergent? Well, it’s about this woman who doesn’t fit in to any particular society. I watched that movie last week, and I thought— ‘that’s me.’ I do women’s cuts. I do men’s cuts. I do color. I do braids. I’m like The Divergent of hair."

"Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?""When I got...

"Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?"
"When I got my college degree."
"Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?"
"When I figured out I couldn’t use it."