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You'll Find In Africans A Fantastic Amount Of Heavy Space Opera And So On, Going On ... Which Makes The Colored African Very, Very Interesting To Process Because He Doesn't Know Why He Goes Through All These Dances ... And Why He Feels So Barbarous.

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You'll Find In Africans

L. Ron Hubbard

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You'll Find In Africans A Fantastic Amount Of Heavy Space Opera And So On, Going On ... Which Makes The Colored African Very, Very Interesting To Process Because He Doesn't Know Why He Goes Through All These Dances ... And Why He Feels So Barbarous.

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Learn To Write When You Would Rather Sleep. Learn To Exercise This Gift Of Language When No Conscious Portion Of Your Wits Can Vibrate Anything But Worry. Learn To Write So, My Son, And You Can Call Yourself A Writer.

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