Brendan Behan Quotes
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
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In the lonely hours, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about eternal things. I have contemplated the comforting doctrines of eternal life.
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Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
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No war can end war except a total war which leaves no human creature on earth. Each war creates the causes of war: hate, desire for revenge and have-nots, desperate with need.
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It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.
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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
