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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
Play
Men
Love
Discovered
Fire
Women
May

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maybe he's falling in love with the idea of falling in love with me. Maybe he wants to be in love with someone and I've ended up in the right place at the right time.
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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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This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.
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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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So much of being a woman is telling lies
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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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The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.
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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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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
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Men, Babies, it doesn't matter...we're soulmates
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You choose the end of the summer to fall in love with this guy because secretly, you don’t want it to last.
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Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?
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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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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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Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.
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You have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.
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It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.
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