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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.
Candace Bushnell
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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
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Carrie Bradshaw
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Just because something doesn't last forever, it doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful while it did last. It doesn't mean it wasn't important.
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Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to get along and support each other.
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What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?
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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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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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I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!
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The heart wants what the heart wants, she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. You'd think the heart would know better.
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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'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.
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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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You have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.
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I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
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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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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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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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