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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
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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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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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