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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
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Johann
Jacques
Sebastian

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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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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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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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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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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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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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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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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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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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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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