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To spend your days in the company of naked men - that was the life for me. 'Turn a bit to the left, Jean-Claude. I long to capture the playful quality of your buttocks.

David Sedaris

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David Sedaris
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
Humorist
Writer
Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
Days
Buttocks
Company
Playful
Quality
Jean
Turns
Capture
Left
Naked
Long
Spend
Men
Turn
Life
Bits
Claude

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