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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

Victor Borge

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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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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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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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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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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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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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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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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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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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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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 normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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