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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.

Brendan Behan

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
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Deeds Forget Poor
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
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
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
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
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
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
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
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
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison

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