I wanted to be perfect,” he said over dinner. “I…need to be… - David Sedaris

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I wanted to be perfect,” he said over dinner. “I…need to be perfect.” It’s such a burden to place on yourself. Say you are perfect — who’s going to recognize it? Few things are like the Olympics, where judges hold up score cards. How does one paint perfectly? Or lawyer perfectly? The key is to fill the space between your skill level and perfection with charm. That said, you can’t do it consciously. Charm can’t be constructed that way.

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David Raymond Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor.

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