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Of course, the diary helps me as well. 'That wasn't your position on July 7, 1991,' I'll remind Hugh an hour after we've had a fight. I'd have loved to rebut him sooner, but it takes awhile to look these things up.
David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
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David Raymond Sedaris
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