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

Victor Borge

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
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Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
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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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The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.
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