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To be honest, I tend to romanticize the past, and though I appreciate all the conveniences of modern life, sometimes I yearn for simpler times.

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Aziz Ansari
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: February 23
Actor
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Columbia
South Carolina
Aziz Ishmael Ansari
Aziz Ismail Ansari
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