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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.

Brendan Behan

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
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
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
Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Funny Money World
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
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Cripples Walking Way
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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People Talking Way
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Country Inspirational Irish People Psychosis
I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Beer Drinking Food
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
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
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Bad Obituary Publicity
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
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
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
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
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
I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Capital Crime Imagine Punishment
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Saint Theatre Two Years
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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Inspire Men Role Models
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People

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