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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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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Børge Rosenbaum
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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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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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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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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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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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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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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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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to 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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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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 oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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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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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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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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