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" If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. "
Brendan Behan
You
Everything
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" The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. "
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" A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. "
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" At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. "
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" No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. "
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" The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. "
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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. "
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" New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. "
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" What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. "
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Both Sides
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Publicity