“New York is a giant place and no matter how big you get, there's still going to be a ton of people who haven't heard of you.”

— Brandon Stanton

The Observer, 2013; [Brandon Stanton's New York stories, The Observer, http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/03/brandon-stanton-humans-of-new-york-pictures, Corinne Jones, 3 November 2013, 2013-11-09]

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