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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
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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
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They took away our land, our language, and our religion but they could never harness our tongues.
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