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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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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
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Carrie Bradshaw
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So much of being a woman is telling lies
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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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And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life
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Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!
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I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
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Men, Babies, it doesn't matter...we're soulmates
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
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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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There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh
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Funny always makes the bad things go away.
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From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.
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You have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.
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Money follows art. Money wants what it can't buy. Class and talent. And remember while there's a talent for making money, it takes real talent to know how to spend it.
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