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As regards drink, I can only say that in Dublin during the Depression when I was growing up, drunkenness was not regarded as a social disgrace. To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

— Brendan Behan

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There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

The World of Brendan Behan (1966)

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Interviews and Recollections (1982)

The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

An author's first duty is to let down his country.

The Guardian (1960)

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