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In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Soviet
Drive
Russia
Car
America

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In Soviet Russia, party always finds 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 America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!
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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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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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A Russian Reversal quote on Uncyclopedia's Soviet Union article? How original.
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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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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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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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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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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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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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