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Quote by Alix Kates Shulman

“I did not intend to be a writer. I first wanted to be a lawyer, like my father. Then I got bit by the bug of philosophy and wanted to be a philosophy professor. I went to graduate school and quickly discovered it was impossible for a woman in those days - this was the early fifties - to be a philosopher, so I gave that up.”

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Alix Kates Shulman

Alix Kates Shulman is an American writer renowned for her contributions to feminism and social issues. Born on August 17, 1932, she has made a significant impact on the literary world with her insightful and thought-provoking narratives. more

“I was absolutely floored as a lot of people are but also I was reunited with ideas that I actually had as a teenager and these are ideas that I had put away as I approached college years because they were ridiculous on the face of it and when you talk to someone about living forever, they just dismiss you out of hand.”

People Years Ideas Hands Faces Forever College Ridiculous Teenager Reunited College Years

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“I see old age not as something to hide from or dread (though there is much to oppose in the usual treatment of the old) but rather as something to embrace as the natural and inevitable end.”

Ends Age Natural Embrace Old Age Inevitable Treatment Usual Dread

Author:Alix Kates Shulman

“I think that having been around computers all my life - my father had brought home personal computers at a very early age in the '70s - so being around computers from a very early age perhaps I had even subconsciously seen the exponential progression of what was happening with computers.”

Thinking Home Age Father Computer Happenings Progression Personal Computers

Author:Barry Ptolemy

“I think one of the thing that makes a Kubrick film a great experience is the fact that he bends reality to his will and is so confident that he ends up creating something that is the island in the stream of pop culture and he takes a stand that's so firm and so confident and unyielding that it can't be ignored and I appreciate that.”

Thinking Ends Facts Reality Film Culture Creating Appreciate Pops Firm Islands Streams Ignored Pop Culture Great Experiences Creating Something Unyielding

Author:Barry Ptolemy

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