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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.

Candace Bushnell

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
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Carrie Bradshaw
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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 always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.
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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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I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
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It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.
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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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Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.
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I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.
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Love is dangerous, if you know it's dangerous, that makes you treasure it, and you'll work harder to keep it.
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If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy
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Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
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The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.
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From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.
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I can only hope he's an Aries and not a Scorpio.
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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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I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.
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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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At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.
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