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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.

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
Anything
Connected
Cheaper
Men
Summer
June
Stronger
Roads
Except
Happier
Food
Beer
Society
Alcohol
Irreverence
Makes
Total
Warmer
Women
Winter
Safer

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