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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
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Hans
Bits
Christian
Every
Andersen

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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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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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Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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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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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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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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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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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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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 want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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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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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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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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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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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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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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