Heard In Cafes in NYC While Freelancing

#freelancelife

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Did you know I’m a prepper? I have a bag of seeds, waiting to become the next currency.

- hippie barrista at a mountainside LA café

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I’m a huge sauce guy. I love condiments. I always have to dip my burrito in something.

Gay barrista at Blind Barber, Williamsburg

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"Believe in your choices. Believe in your tastes."

22yo girl to friend re: salad selections, after listening to friend describe doing coke for 1st time (she didn't do enough to feel anything, just more energy)

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I needed to understand Islam for myself; so I started talking to sheiks.

Palestinian woman in conversation about identity and culture at gimme! coffee, Williamsburg

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He was like...inside...Lena Dunham!

Hipster talking shit w friend at Mountain Province, East Williamsburg

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Where ma horns at?

Woman on 6pm New Year’s Eve bus from NYC to PA after proclaiming she’s about to “liven this bus up!” but before getting shushed by some other patrons #celebrate #blessed #partytime #champagne

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- Person behind me at Mark Ryden's opening night at Paul Kasmin Gallery.

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He doesn’t have any game. He only sleeps with coworkers!

Group of 4 brunchers, Il Bambino, Astoria

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I want everyone to live like this!

Mid-20 something girl who just realized her calling in life is to become a life coach. OST Cafe.

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We're going to close out - are there any prayer requests?

Girl ending a 45min phone-call-slash-Bible-preaching session, OST Cafe

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There's a lot of gay stuff in here.

Very flamboyant gay guy to his friend while leafing through a magazine on President's Day; OST Cafe

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I've been saying this forever, but like I really want to start, like a bucket-list. Like, new restaurants, new bars, like places I want to try.

Cute twenty-something brunette to her cute twenty-something brunette friend; OST Cafe

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"It's just as meaningless and meaningful as everything else."

- Regarding painting, by a young male art student speaking to older completely insane and eccentric woman who told me she was nervous about terrorists entering the cafe we're in, because it's French. The male didn't know about the recent attack in Paris. The woman told him "You really must get a smart phone, because I'm not going to tell you about it."

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"People can't accept that Ulysses Grant was a great man . . . AND a drunk. The problem's not with Grant. It's with us."

- Unremarkable guy outside unremarkable bar on Avenue A btwn 11th and 12th Street. Seemed to be sober, spoken clearly. 

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"Maybe like when you get to the next level things fall down."

Tech bros discussing an iPhone game, OST Cafe on 12th at Ave A

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"A lot of the really good Canadian music is super polarizing."

Three hipsters at The Bean on 9th Street at 1st Ave, NYC