Laurence J. Peter Quotes
Dr. Peter effectively destroys examples of seeming exceptions and is rather convincing that his principle is ubiquitous.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.
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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.
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I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world.
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The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
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I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.
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God has definitely been good to me.
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I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
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I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'
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All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in 'Sister Act' and haven't looked back since.
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I've spent more time playing golf than anything else the last 18 years. Just wanted to be an 80s-shooter. Got there, too.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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I interact with my fans mostly through Twitter, and I like to do livestreams about every two weeks, where I say, 'Ask me anything!' and I just sit there with my computer for 15 minutes, taking a break from work, and answering their questions.
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The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.
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I want to go to Morocco really bad.
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I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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When I'm walking around, I'm usually drinking pop, so I can't have a mask on. That's why I couldn't be a surgeon.
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It isn't unusual to see children climb into a car every morning to be ferried to the front door of a school that's just a few blocks away.
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During Christmas break, my dad was going to mail a tape of me to the house Coach Glanville has here in Georgia. When he found out it would take about three days to get there, he drove the tape over there and rang the bell and talked to him for about 15 minutes. (Glanville) called me that night and said he loved the tape and it all kind of went from there.
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Dr. Peter effectively destroys examples of seeming exceptions and is rather convincing that his principle is ubiquitous.
