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We are members of a strange species that devotes its energies to climbing the ladder of success in order to make money to buy things we don't like.

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
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