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Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
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Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
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I inherited my ability from both parents my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.
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Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
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A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.
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Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
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The unexpected always happens.
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A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.
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All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events.
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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
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A bore is a person who lights up the room simply by leaving it.
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