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As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
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Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
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In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
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A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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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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