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New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

Candace Bushnell

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
People
Ambitious
York
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Things

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