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Brendan Behan

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
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
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
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Deeds Forget Poor
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
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
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
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Funny Humor Mother
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
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

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