Candace Bushnell Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

  Candace Bushnell

  Lonely, Party, Home

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• I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.

  Candace Bushnell

  Thinking, Incomplete, Sexually

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• All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get on with your life.

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Feelings, Want

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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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• So much of being a woman is telling lies

  Candace Bushnell

  Lying, Being A Woman, Telling Lies

  Candace Bushnell (2013). “Lipstick Jungle”, p.11, Hachette UK

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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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• Funny always makes the bad things go away.

  Candace Bushnell

  Going Away, Bad Things

  Candace Bushnell (2014). “The Carrie Diaries and Summer in the City”, p.49, HarperCollins UK

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love Is, Treasure, Work Harder

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

  Candace Bushnell

  Inspirational, Life, Enough

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Princess, Somewhere Else, President

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

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• I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

  Candace Bushnell

  Hurt, Forgiving, Theory

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• I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.

  Candace Bushnell

  Two, People, Giving

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• I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.

  Candace Bushnell

  Father, Thinking, Important

  "‘The Carrie Diaries’ On The CW: Candace Bushnell, ‘Sex And The City’ Creator, On Carrie’s Backstory And The Boys Before Big". Interview with Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 14, 2013.

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• My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.

  Candace Bushnell

  Skills, Barns, Pottery

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• And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?

  Candace Bushnell

  Real, Worry, Doe

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• Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.

  Candace Bushnell

  Girl, Real, Book

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• The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

  Candace Bushnell

  Play, May, Sense Of Humor

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• Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

  Candace Bushnell

  Inspiring, Money, Powerful

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• The heart wants what the heart wants

  Candace Bushnell

  Heart, Want

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• Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.

  Candace Bushnell

  Thinking, Numbers, Guy

  Candace Bushnell (2014). “The Carrie Diaries Complete Collection: The Carrie Diaries, Summer and the City”, p.19, Harper Collins

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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.

  Candace Bushnell

  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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