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When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
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Vancouver
British Columbia
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All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events.
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Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.
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The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.
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I inherited my ability from both parents my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.
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