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Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
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Everybody
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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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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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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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In Soviet Russia, party always finds you!
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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, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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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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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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In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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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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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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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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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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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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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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