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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

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
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
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
God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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Family Forgive Men Mother
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
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
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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Inspire Men Role Models
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.
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Criticism Editors Funny
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Deeds Forget Poor
Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Prayer Results Scream
When I’m talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
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People Talking Way
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
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

That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

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