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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
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