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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.

Brendan Behan

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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Determination Men Suicide
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
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Bad Obituary Publicity
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Deeds Forget Poor
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’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
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
I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Beer Drinking Food
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
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
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

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