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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

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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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Wells
Fooling
Well
Humorous
Love
Fairs
Fair
Critics
Funny
War

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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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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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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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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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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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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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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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Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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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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