Pete McCarthy Quotes

#1. 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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#2. 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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#3. But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time apply, and most people still understand the crucial secret of human happiness: that it's better to do a few things slowly, than a lot of things fast.

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#4. That guy in the corner. Never tells the truth, as a matter of principle. Why answer a question, he says, if you can tell a good story instead?

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#5. 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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#6. 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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#7. If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.

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