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My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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-- Douglas Jerold, 1858 The better part of valor is discretion.
-- William Shakespeare 1564-1616 from King Henry the Fourth, Part I I think that I shall never see
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-- Mother Teresa Shopping
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Therefore:
? In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its
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