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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

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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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Sebastian
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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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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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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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(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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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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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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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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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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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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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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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.
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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 do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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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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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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