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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.

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
Forget
Living
Troubles
War
Shooting
Makes
General
Mind
Cost
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Trouble
Takes

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