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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life.

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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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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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