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This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
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I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.
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And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?
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... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.
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Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her life should remain the same.
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As long as you're neurotic and crazy, he's great. But once he solves all your problems, he becomes the problem.
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I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.
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From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.
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