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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

Brendan Behan

I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Children Married Painter
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Contempt Jailer Prison
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Country Inspirational Irish People Psychosis
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Like Love One Love You
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
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Funny Marriage Sexy
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Born Country Irish People Years
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’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Cripples Walking Way
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
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
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
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
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
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

That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

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