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Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.
Alison Bechdel
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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
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Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
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If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.
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It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!
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It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.
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