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When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that.

Alia Shawkat

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Alia Shawkat
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: April 18
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Alia Martine Shawkat
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