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I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

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Maya Lin
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 5
Architect
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Athens
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Maya Ying Lin
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