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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Brendan Behan

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Its not that the Irish are cynical. Its rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. – Brendan Behan

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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. – Brendan Behan

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For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. – Johnny Carson

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There are three kinds of death in this world. Theres heart death, theres brain death, and theres being off the network. – Guy Almes

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Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. – Charles de Montesquieu

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