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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.

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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Youth

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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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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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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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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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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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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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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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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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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 elephant smoked too much.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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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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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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