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Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others. -Carrie.

Candace Bushnell

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
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Carrie Bradshaw
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I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.
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I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
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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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I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
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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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. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today.
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The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
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New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.
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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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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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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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