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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Nationality
Irish
Ireland
Jews
Jew
Inspirational
People
Psychosis

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