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As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

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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
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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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The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
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Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.
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Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
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We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
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