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There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion

Candace Bushnell

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
Repulsion
Thin
Attraction
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Lines

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