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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

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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Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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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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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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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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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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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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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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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