Brendan Behan Quotes
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living.
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Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
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I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.
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I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.
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I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.
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The First Envoy to a world always comes alone. One alien is a curiosity, two are an invasion.
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The human body as an obedient coolie, to be fed and hosed down, and given just enough sexual freedom to sedate itself.
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Love's whole world on us doth wheel.
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Contrary to what the Americans frequently reiterated, al-Qaeda did not have any relationship with Saddam Hussein or his regime.
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I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly, Diah Lestari - so 80% jazz, 20% mixed with everything - disco, hip hop.
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After 'A Perfect Storm' came out, I heard from a young reader, who had suffered a similar background as 'Arizona,' that I had helped her to find peace. That was the most amazing thing in the world to me.
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I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful.
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Barley malt has a really deep, rich taste. A lot of manufacturers have switched over to corn syrup over the years because it's a cheaper sweetener, but it doesn't have the flavor.
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My first introduction to chemistry came at a quite early age through my mother's elder brother.
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
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I can't write what I don't believe in.
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Life doesn't go on forever, and you don't want to drop dead without ever having done what you wanted to do.
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
