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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: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
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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 make mistakes. That's what I do. I speak without thinking, I act without knowing. I drink so much that I can barely walk...I'm a fantastic lover though, and an amazing friend. God knows I mean well.
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'Lipstick Jungle' was on the air for 20 episodes - I loved 'Lipstick Jungle.'
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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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Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.
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Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Carrie
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If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy
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I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.
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You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.
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Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!
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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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When you're alone, it's easier, she said a little wistfully. You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.
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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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That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.
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There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion
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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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My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.
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As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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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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What Sex and the City did for sex and relationships, Lipstick Jungle does for success and power.
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