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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.

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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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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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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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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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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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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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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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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 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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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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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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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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