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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
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Igor
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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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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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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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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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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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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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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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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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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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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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