Candace Bushnell Quotes

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• Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Men, Fire

  "Sex and the City/ Evolution". www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Better alone than badly accompanied.

  Candace Bushnell

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  Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Single, Butterfly

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• Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw

  Candace Bushnell

  Running, Women, Being Single

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• You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

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  Disappointment, Self, Work Ethic

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Fall, Writing, Pieces

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• Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.

  Candace Bushnell

  Believe, Winter, Snow

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• Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.

  Candace Bushnell

  Relationship, Girlfriend, Soulmate

  "‘Fake Boyfriends’: Why Our Friends Are Our Most Meaningful Relationships" by Nico Lang, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2014.

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• It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.

  Candace Bushnell

  Perfect Parents, Hands, Play

  "Young Anacostia Teacher Built a Family of Admirers" by Joe Holley, www.washingtonpost.com. April 24, 2005.

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• It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

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  Successful, Men, Thinking

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• Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.

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  Princess, Somewhere Else, President

  Candace Bushnell (2010). “The Carrie Diaries”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Oh I don't plan on getting married. It's a legalized form of prostitution.

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  Married, Form, Prostitution

  Candace Bushnell (2014). “The Carrie Diaries and Summer in the City”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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• Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory

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  Dog, Hair, Guy

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• After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable.

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Undesirable, Ifs

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Life, Meaningful, Forever

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• From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.

  Candace Bushnell

  Honey, Too Good To Be True, Being True

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• Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

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  Karma, Punishment, Risk

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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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  Being Yourself, Sacrifice, Men

  "Q&A with The Carrie Diaries author Candace Bushnell". Teen Vouge Interview, www.teenvogue.com. February 7, 2010.

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• You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.

  Candace Bushnell

  Inspirational, Life, Enough

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• There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

  Candace Bushnell

  Matter

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• I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Thinking, Weight

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• He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after.

  Candace Bushnell

  Kissing, Two, Splits

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• For me, having it all is being paid to write novels.

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, Novel, Paid

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• I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.

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  Done, Useless, Emotion

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Home, Want, Littles

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