Yakov Smirnoff Quotes

Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.

Yakov Smirnoff

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• I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.

  

  Lars Onsager
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• I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Work
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• Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

  

  Yoko Ono
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• I have learned to be patient.

  

  Yuan Yuan Tan
  • I Have Learned
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• I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.

  

  Natalie Coughlin
  • Always
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• One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.

  

  Ed Rollins
  • Up
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• I hated school. I travelled so much in my early years that I didn't understand the process. I felt suffocated - not like I was some grandiose artist; I just felt like an alien.

  

  Dakota Johnson
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• Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

  

  Mae West
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  • Opportunity
  • Woman

• They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Want
  • Laugh
  • Reaction

• I dress for men.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Men
  • Dress

• There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Choices
  • Nothing
  • Unlimited

• The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Me
  • Destruction
  • Weapons

• Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Work
  • Home
  • Community

• Success is really about your mindset.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Success
  • Mindset
  • Success Is

• I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Good
  • Think
  • Fight

• One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!

  

  Yoko Ono
  • World
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• I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Up
  • Work
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• The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Country
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• I do go back to Russia frequently, about twice a year. I hate the flight, but it's worth it. My parents have a home in a little village of 12 houses. It's not on any map, so unless you know it's there, you won't find it. Nothing works there; no Internet, no cell phone, and the land line only works sometimes. It's great!

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Great
  • Home
  • Parents

• If one takes a public stand against, say, most any sin you can think of, one is considered "courageous" and a "defender of the faith." Folks will quickly applaud you and tell you how much they admire you for "taking a stand" on biblical truth. Except if you quote Matt. 5:44 and invite people to apply it in any sort of meaningful, literal way. The moment one begins to talk about loving your enemies they all of a sudden become "liberals," "extremists," or are accused of completely taking an otherwise straight forward passage "out of context.

  

  Benjamin L. Corey
  • Truth
  • Faith
  • Bible

• I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Work
  • Day
  • Everyday

• We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • Law
  • Rule
  • Rule Of Law

• I just sing the song and I sing it with conviction, meaning and I get into the mood of every song I do no matter how much time I have in between.

  

  BJ the Chicago Kid
  • Time
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• Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Think
  • Want
  • Smile