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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Børge Rosenbaum
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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there to separate the two other pedals.
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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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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?
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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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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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