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An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. -

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. – John McCarthy

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In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. – John McCarthy

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History
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John McCarthy
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Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries failure to advance. – John McCarthy

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Failure
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John McCarthy
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Knowledge
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We are rather in the position that used to exist at the BBC, where you feel that you can pick up the phone to people who are experts in their field and they will be very favourably disposed to you and share their knowledge. – Rory Bremner

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Knowledge

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. – Franz Grillparzer

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Knowledge

Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers. – Amy Waldman

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Knowledge

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer. – Miroslav Vitous

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Knowledge

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Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew. – Seamus Heaney

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