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Behan, Brendan
1923–64
1923–64
1
pat
: He was an Anglo-Irishman.
meg
: In the blessed name of God what's that?
pat
: A Protestant with a horse.
When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
There's no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
pat
: He was an Anglo-Irishman.
meg
: In the blessed name of God what's that?
pat
: A Protestant with a horse.
Hostage
(1958) act 1
When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Hostage
(1958) act 1
There's no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
Dominic Behan
My Brother Brendan
(1965)
Behn, Aphra
1640–89
1640–89
1
Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Come away; poverty's catching.
The soft, unhappy sex.
Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
The Emperor of the Moon
(1687) act 1, sc. 1
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
The Rover
pt. 2 (1681) act 1.
Come away; poverty's catching.
The Rover
pt. 2 (1681) act 1
The soft, unhappy sex.
The Wandering Beauty
(1698) para. 1
Bell, Alexander Graham
1847–1922
1847–1922
1
Mr Watson, come here, I want you!
to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in the next room; the first words spoken on the telephone, 10 March 1876
Mr Watson, come here, I want you!
to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in the next room; the first words spoken on the telephone, 10 March 1876
Thomas A. Watson
Exploring Life
(1926)
Bell, George
1883–1958
1883–1958
1
The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.
The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.
speech, House of Lords, 9 February 1944
Bellamy, Francis
1856–1931
1856–1931
1
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
(1892)
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