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Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
Discovered
Fire
Women
May
Play
Men
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... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.
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I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.
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I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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What Sex and the City did for sex and relationships, Lipstick Jungle does for success and power.
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Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis?
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- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it. + Then you shouldn't be a writer.
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As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.
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From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.
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The heart wants what the heart wants
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Happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory
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I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.
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All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.
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The heart wants what the heart wants, she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. You'd think the heart would know better.
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And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?
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Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, �and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, �as if to beat his uncertainty into submission.
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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
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