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Laurence J. Peter Quotes: Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.
         

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.


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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.



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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.



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Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.



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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.



Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.



When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.



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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.



There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought



Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.





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