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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
Victor Borge
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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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Two
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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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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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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 don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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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 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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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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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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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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Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.
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