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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Longer
Differences
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Viola
Burns
Violin
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Sarcastic

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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
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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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It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.
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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?
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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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