Quote by Brendan Behan
Its not that the Irish are cynical. Its rather that they have a wo

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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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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Death
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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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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed 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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If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are. – John W. Gardner

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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this. – Mos Def

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I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. Were all about the product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form. – Julie Taymor

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Voters dont have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him. – Ron Fournier

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The silent man is the best to listen to. – Japanese Proverb

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Men dont even ask me out. I cant remember the last time I was asked out on a date, and Im talking years here. I spend my life more and more alone. – Anna Nicole Smith

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You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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