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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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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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Two
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Soul
Shortest
People
Soap

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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 learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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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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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 normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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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