Education Quote by Pete McCarthy

“If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.”

Pete McCarthy

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“It's always stimulating to visit new places, acquire fresh knowledge and expand your portfolio of nightmares.”

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I reckon if I can't spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking.

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“Just remember, it's an easy place to be at home in, Ireland. I think the people are very skilled at relating. I notice, watching…

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“The harp player had just fallen off the stage and cracked his head on an Italian tourist’s pint. There was a big cheer, and…

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“That guy in the corner. Never tells the truth, as a matter of principle. Why answer a question, he says, if you can tell…

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“But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time apply, and…

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I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink.

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“We had found nothing, and had been lost several times already in one morning, so this was shaping up into a top travel experience.”

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There are huge creative advantages in having huge chunks of time when no one can find you. Emails and phones have diluted the experience…

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“The harp player had just fallen off the stage and cracked his head on an Italian tourist’s pint. There was a big cheer, and…

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“If one has not a head of steel it will burst; if he has not within it a brain of liquid quicksilver, he will…

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“let us not teach / what we have learned badly / and not profited by”

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“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the…

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“I only began to enjoy studying after I got through the educational system and became a so-called member of society. If something interested me,…

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