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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• 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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• 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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• Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

  Candace Bushnell

  Mean, Giving, Screw Ups

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• The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

  Candace Bushnell

  Remember You, Remembers You, People

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Karma, Punishment, Risk

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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 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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• 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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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  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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• 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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• 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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• 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

  Candace Bushnell

  Dog, Hair, Guy

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• You have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

  Candace Bushnell

  Letting Go, Tv Shows, Oleanders

  "Fictional character: Carrie Bradshaw". TV Series "Sex and the City" ("Anchors Away", 2002), www.imdb.com. 2002.

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Mistake, Mean, Thinking

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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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• If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy

  Candace Bushnell

  Thinking, Feelings, Brain

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

  Candace Bushnell

  Married, Form, Prostitution

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

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Successful, Men, Thinking

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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

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Thinking, World

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• It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.

  Candace Bushnell

  Be Careful, Feels, Indestructible

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• Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose the respect of your spouse, you've lost everything.

  Candace Bushnell

  Spiritual, Commitment, Sacrifice

  Candace Bushnell (2010). “The Carrie Diaries”, p.34, Harper Collins

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• That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Girl, Men

  Twitter post from Dec 02, 2013

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