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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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