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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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Børge Rosenbaum
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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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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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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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Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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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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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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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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