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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

Brendan Behan

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 cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Capital Crime Imagine Punishment
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
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
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
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
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
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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Differences History Men
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
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
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
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
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

God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

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