"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."
-Brendan Behan
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"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.“
-Brendan Behan
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