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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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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When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.
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There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.
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You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us
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Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.
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In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
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Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
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A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through.
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Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
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Computers can solve all kinds of problems except the unemployment problem they create.
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