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I am a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan
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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
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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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When I'm talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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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.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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No man can discover his own talents.
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
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There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
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