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As Lao Tzu says, The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao.

Hubert Selby, Jr.

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Hubert Selby, Jr.
Age: 75 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 23
Died: 2004
Died: April 26
Film Actor
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Screenwriter
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New York
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