Brandon StantonVerified account

@humansofny

Creator of Humans Of New York: blog, video series, and two #1 NYT bestselling books. More of a party on Instagram:

New York, NY
Joined January 2011

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  1. “I’m trying to start a company while raising a four year old child. But my business partner is a mother too, so we’re very supportive of each other..."

  2. “It was a really toxic relationship. I think she’d agree with that. We allowed each other to be depressed..."

  3. “I used to seek out vulnerable people. It takes one to know one. I’d harp on them for minuscule things..."

  4. “I’m going to be watching my nineteen-month-old daughter later. But I just smoked a joint so..."

  5. (2/2) “My mother died on July 6th, 2005. One day toward the end of her life, we were in the subway together, carrying heavy packages, and I could see she was exhausted..."

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  6. (1/2) “My childhood was dominated by her stories: living in the ghetto for two years, surviving off potato peels, running like an animal from the Nazis..."

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  7. “When people are trying to be refined, they disapprove of a lot of things..."

  8. “I thought we were being careful, so he wasn’t expected. And I tried to convince her not to have the baby..."

  9. “Only time I’m unhappy is when I have a toothache. And I rarely have a toothache..."

  10. “One of my best friends is getting engaged, and I think she’s making a mistake. I brought it up the other night..."

  11. “I got into a bit of a situationship, and now it’s over. We weren’t exactly ‘together,’ together..."

  12. “I’m running for congress. I’m actually on the way right now to meet with some union representatives to ask for their endorsement..."

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  13. “Drugs are ‘cunning, baffling, and powerful.’ They teach us that in NA. Drugs can change your soul. I’ve seen it happen to so many people..."

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  15. “My mother came to New York from Alabama at the age of nineteen. She had nothing but a high school diploma..."

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  16. “I’m trying to be an actor. Right now I’m on the way to a call back, which is good..."

  17. “They call me the Filipino James Bond. I was personal lawyer to the station chief of the CIA in the Philippines..."

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  19. "I'd just started grad school in Tennessee. I was a little lonely, so I might have been looking for some familial bonds..."

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  20. “I’d just turned twelve. I think Dad realized that I needed somebody in my life..."

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