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I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.

Candace Bushnell

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
Ashamed
Useless
Shame
Emotion
Anything
Done

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