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There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.

Laurence J. Peter

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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
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Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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