Laurence J. Peter Quotes
Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.
Quotes to Explore
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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People don't listen to terrestrial radio. They don't find their music that way. They don't get their news that way. They go to blogs. They go through Sirius/XM. They go through all these different places.
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There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
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The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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I don't see any reason to discriminate against homosexuals.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we were touring around all these different churches. I loved it so much I tried to find a way to stay there.
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Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with a personal touch - an autographed book, a soul-searching letter.
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The thing I believe is we are good if our peers think we're great. But we are great if the real world thinks we're good. And there's a huge difference.
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I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.
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I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.
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I went to Catholic school. Do as you're told; don't ask questions and you will be illuminated.
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Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.
