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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.

Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Joy
Everybody
Happiness
Laughs
Funny
Connection
Language
Connections
Every
Laughter
Universal
Laughing

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The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.
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Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.
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We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!
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In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you!
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Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!
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In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!
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In Soviet Russia, party always finds you!
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In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland.
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Russian men have a saying: Women are like buses... That's it.
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In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
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In America, you assassinate president. In Soviet Russia, president assassinate you!
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