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I think if I pick the right thing to spend my time doing, then time moves differently, because I really can get fully immersed in things and feel very alive and challenged, but in a good way. I feel a sense of progress.

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Demetri Martin
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 25
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New York City
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