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But that was the problem with New York: No matter how succesful you thought you were, there was always someone who was richer, more successful, more famous.. The idea of it was sometimes enough to make you want to give up.

But that was the problem with New York: No matter how succesful you thought you were, there was always someone who was richer, more successful, more famous.. The idea of it was sometimes enough to make you want to give up.

Approximate author period: c. 1994 AD · modern

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Candace Bushnell
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Approximate author period: c. 1994 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Candace Bushnell: documented activity in 1994. Wikidata Q254820, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254820 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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