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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Victor Borge

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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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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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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.
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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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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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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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