Irish - Dramatist | February 9, 1923 - March 20, 1964
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Brendan Behan
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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
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At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
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The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
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I am a drinker with writing problems.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.
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I wish I'd been a mixed infant.
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I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.
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One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.
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