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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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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 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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(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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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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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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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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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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