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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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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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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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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 learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.
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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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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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