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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.

Victor Borge

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
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Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
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Børge Rosenbaum
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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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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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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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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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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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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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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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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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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