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

Brendan Behan

I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
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
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
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
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
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
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
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
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Country Inspirational Irish People Psychosis
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Funny Humor Mother

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