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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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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 going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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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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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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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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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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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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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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