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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

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
Situation
Cannot
Human
Humans
Policeman
Made
Policemen
Miserable
Presence
Worse

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