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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988), misquoting Sir Walter Scott
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)

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