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Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.

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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
Without
Organized
Something
Dirty
Clean
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Getting
Making
Else
Cleaning
Anything
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