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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.

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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
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Børge Rosenbaum
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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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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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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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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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(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 an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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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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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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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 first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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