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His art came out of his hobbies, and from celibate crushes on women marked, as a general rule, by an a priori unattainability, though in truth one gets the sense that attainment was less central to his fantasies than were the ritual adorations of a fan.
That in the process she had learned what makes the locals tick--as well as a language known to few, if any, CIA officials--was of no account: Her chances of being hired would have been much better if she had remained celibate in Salt Lake City.
For Degas, who had forsworn self-portraiture for 30 years, this double image has the weight of allegory: The aging and celibate artist has purchased a score of creative years at the price of physical collapse.
In the same city, during the same period, there was a dining establishment called The Celibate Restaurant.
Meanwhile Lola Falana, now a devoted Christian who spends much of her time at a Carmelite monastery in Las Vegas, tells the Globe she's been celibate for years.