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The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

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
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Things
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Life
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Somebody
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