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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.

Brendan Behan

You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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Judging Said Umpires
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Funny Humor Mother
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Country Inspirational Irish People Psychosis
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
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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Cost General Living Mind War
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Beer Drinking Food
New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment… a place where you’re least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
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Country Funny Irish People Spiritual
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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Beer Summer Winter
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
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Country Dublin Irish Life People
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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Hands Life Modern Toss
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
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Funny Marriage Sexy
Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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Critics Eunuchs Themselves

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