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I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

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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Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Writing
Drinker
Drinkers
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Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.
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