“What I need… is a strong drink and a peer group.”
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Source: Life, the Universe and Everything
“I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.”
Variant: ... I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
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Original: (fr) M... me disait que j'avais un grand malheur: c'était de ne pas me faire à la toute-puissance des sots. Il avait raison, et j'ai vu qu'en entrant dans le monde, un sot avait de grands avantages, celui de se trouver parmi ses pairs. C'est comme frère Lourdis dans le temple de la Sottise.
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“He’s kind of without peer really. If I was gonna settle on a director, probably Kubrick.”
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