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

Brendan Behan

He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Bad Obituary Publicity
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
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
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
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
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
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
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
Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Prayer Results Scream
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
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

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