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Dr. Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and 'hierarchiologist', best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

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

❝Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.❞ [+]

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