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All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.

All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.

Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern

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David Sedaris
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Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1956; activity date not established; Wikidata Q1176577, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176577 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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