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do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
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
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The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.
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If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?
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When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
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Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.
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He laughs best whose laugh lasts.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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