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

Brendan Behan

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Funny Money World
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
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Cripples Walking Way
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
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Bad Obituary Publicity
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
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Friendship Hurt Writing
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
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Drinkers Problem Writing
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark

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

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