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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
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Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.
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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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When I was a little boy and played Liebestraum, my father used to hit me on the head with a newspaper every time I slopped the cadenza . . . I hate Liebestraum.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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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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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
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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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You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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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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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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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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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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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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