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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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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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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
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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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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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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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I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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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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Russian men have a saying: Women are like buses... That's it.
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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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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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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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The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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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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