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In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts.

L. Ron Hubbard

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L. Ron Hubbard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 1986
Died: January 1
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Military Officer
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Tilden
Nebraska
LRH
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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard
Lubrication
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Manners
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