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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.

Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Humans
Heart
Kind
Bittersweet
Measured
Size
Comedy
Spirit
Human

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