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When I taught, a lot of my students weren't big readers, so they would write something and I realized that they thought it belonged in a book. Like, they didn't know what the inside of a book looked like, you know what I mean?
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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