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In the beginning, I was put off by the harshness of German. Someone would order a piece of cake, and it sounded as if it were an actual order, like, Cut the cake and lie facedown in that ditch between the cobbler and the little girl.
David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
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Binghamton
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David Raymond Sedaris
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