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When I’m talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.

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.
BRENDAN BEHAN

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
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Cripples Walking Way
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
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
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 ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
When I’m talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
BRENDAN BEHAN

People Talking Way
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
BRENDAN BEHAN

May Results Tasks

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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