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Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.

Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Worlds
Women
Men
World
Immigrants

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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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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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I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing even though I didn't speak their language.
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In Soviet Russia, party always finds 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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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!
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Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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Russian men have a saying: Women are like buses... That's it.
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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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I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.
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In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!
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I found out that when you get married the man becomes the head of the house. And the woman becomes the neck, and she turns the head any way she wants to.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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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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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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