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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

Brendan Behan

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
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 am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
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
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
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
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
When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Fighting Men Two Woman
Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Cinema Horror Most
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
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
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two

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