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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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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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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 normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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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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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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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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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(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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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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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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...the elephant smoked too much.
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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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