Pete McCarthy quotes
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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.”
-- Pete McCarthySource : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.96, Macmillan
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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.”
-- Pete McCarthySource : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.258, Macmillan
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“If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.”
-- Pete McCarthySource : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.62, Macmillan
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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 of travel.”
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Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.23, Penguin
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“When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep.”
Source : 'A Shropshire Lad' (1896) no. 4
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Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.48
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“Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night.”
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