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There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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