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The drama bug strikes hardest with Jews, homosexuals and plump women who wear their hair in bangs. These are people who, for one reason or another, desperately crave attention

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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
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Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
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