To get enough to eat was ...

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
 Brendan Behan

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
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No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
 Brendan Behan
God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
 Brendan Behan
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
 Brendan Behan
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
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
 Brendan Behan