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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
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Conductor
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Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Hans
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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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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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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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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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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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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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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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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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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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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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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