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Brendan Behan

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Brendan Behan

Respect

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Brendan Behan is saying that the Irish don’t doubt or mistrust things because they are negative, but because they don’t hold anything or anyone in high regard. This attitude shows a playful or irreverent approach to authority and tradition rather than simple disbelief.

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