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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.

Brendan Behan

In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company’s time and with its blessing.
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Blessing Husband Marriage
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Funny Humor Mother
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Saint Theatre Two Years
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
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
I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Beer Drinking Food
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
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Cripples Walking Way
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Capital Crime Imagine Punishment
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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Made Miserable Situation
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter

I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.

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