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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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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Party
Funny
America
Find
Always
Soviet
Russia

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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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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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In America, you assassinate president. In Soviet Russia, president assassinate you!
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Russian men have a saying: Women are like buses... That's it.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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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 America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive 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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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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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
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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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