Candace Bushnell Quotes
The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
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For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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Longevity of focus, I think, is the hardest part. You know it's to have a vision and then try to hold that vision and not have it change.
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What did this long-range goodwill mean, and what did it say about the social contract that allowed a rich man to free all of his descendents from the need to work over the course of almost two centuries?
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Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
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I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so I don't know where to get the masters.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
