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Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive.

David Sedaris

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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
Humorist
Writer
Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
Time
Survive
Guess
Given
Anything
Look
Looks
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