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Brendan Behan

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I only take a drink on two occasions. When I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
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I only take a drink on two occasions. When I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
I never turned to drink; it seemed to turn to me.
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I never turned to drink; it seemed to turn to me.
I only take a drink on two occasions—when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
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I only take a drink on two occasions—when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
Everyone in New York knows that he is an important person living among other important persons.
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Everyone in New York knows that he is an important person living among other important persons.
I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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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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.
Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
The English and Americans dislike only some Irish – the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers – the ones that think.
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The English and Americans dislike only some Irish – the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers – the ones that think.
What’s a crook, only a businessman without a shop.
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What’s a crook, only a businessman without a shop.
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