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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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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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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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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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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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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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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 don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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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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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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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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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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