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

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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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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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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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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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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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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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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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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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 first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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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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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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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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