Candace Bushnell Quotes
What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!'
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
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We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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Not a manager or an executive yet? It's not too early to practice. Many companies are always looking for people to volunteer to help coordinate happy hours, onboard new employees, or plan the holiday party.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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I like reading biographies because most of them are slightly similar, and it's voyeuristic, looking into someone's life.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
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What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.
