Brendan Behan Quotes
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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It's a great beauty tip, if you ever want to look five years younger, to shave off your eyebrows. It's amazing what it does. It really shaves off the years.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
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I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.
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I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.
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What I was yesterday makes me what I am today. And tomorrow...
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No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
