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You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.

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Maya Lin
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 5
Architect
Designer
Land Artist
Landscape Architect
Printmaker
Sculptor
Athens
Ohio
Maya Ying Lin
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Make
Entertainers
Things
Celebrities
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Architect
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