David Sedaris

Person · Open Library

Born

December 26, 1956

Works

35

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1956-12-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

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Total plays

987,492

David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorous essayist and radio contributor. Much of his humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, concerning his large family life, Greek heritage, various jobs, education, and his life in France with his boyfriend Hugh. He was born in Binghamton, New York, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He dropped out of Kent State University in 1977, and ten years later graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 85,040x

2. Basic local alignment search tool

   · 1990 · cited 80,841x

3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

   · 1986 · cited 63,635x

4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

   · 1981 · cited 63,464x

5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

   · 2009 · cited 58,742x

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Quotes

• “"I love things made out of animals," Sedaris says, holding a knife with a hoof for a handle. "It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.'"”
• “Shit is the tofu of cursing.”
• “I read "Revolutionary Road" once a year. Aside from its word-by-word construction, I love how his characters deceive themselves.”
• “What did Trish's mother say when her daughter, heartbroken over her breakup with Randy, came to her in search of love and understanding? 'If you're looking for sympathy you can find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.'”
• “Last Christmas I received a set of golf clubs that, my father likes to remind me, cost a goddamned fortune. He says that he would give his right arm for such a beautiful set of clubs.”
• “'Of course he died,' the window washer said. 'You can't take more than a four-storey fall, not in this town anyway. Then Jeffrey Lee got off the phone and said that, given a choice, he'd rather fall from a higher floor as it would allow more time for his life to flash before his eyes. The window man said that all depends on the life you led.”

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