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Humans of New York on Nightline

Tonight will be Bill Weir’s final night as the anchor of ABC’s Nightline. (He’s...

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"We just finished singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with...

"We just finished singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic. It’s the only symphony with a chorus."

“Can you describe the Ninth Symphony in words?”

“It’s the epitome of humankind. In a music sense.”

I spotted these two from a block away. They were walking away...

I spotted these two from a block away. They were walking away from me, so I chased them down to see if I could photograph the girl for a microfashion post. When I finally caught up to them, however, I noticed that the father was reading to her as they walked.

"Grunge fashion was big for awhile. You know, the...

"Grunge fashion was big for awhile. You know, the ‘I’m poor but I’m making it’ sort of look. It’s great, but it seems to have been pretty thoroughly corporatized now. I have no problem with that, but personally, my idols are more along the lines of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and Sammy Davis Jr."

"You want a kiss? Five dollars."

"You want a kiss? Five dollars."

"The more times I fall in love, the less sure I am about love."

"The more times I fall in love, the less sure I am about love."

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Be yourself."
"What’s the hardest part about being yourself?"
"That people might not like who you really are."
"And who are you, really?"
"I don’t know yet."

Thanks to Matthew Smith from the Savannah College of Art and...

Thanks to Matthew Smith from the Savannah College of Art and Design for adding some slight enhancements to the last image: “I climbed a big cliff.”

"I climbed a big cliff."

"I climbed a big cliff."