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There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

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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
Laurence Peter
Inspirational
Addiction
Action
Kinds
Two
Intelligence
Thought
Failure
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Motivational
Never
Learning
Wildlife
Life
Philosophy
Failures
Business
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