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.

S. He signed it: "The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act but by the size of the heart. In Soviet Russia Party always find you!
Other examples include:
In America you break law.

He was popular in the 1980s for comedy performances in which he used irony and word play to contrast life under the Communist regime in his native Soviet Union with life in the United States delivered in heavily accented English. He owns a theatre in Branson Missouri where he performs year-round. Yakov Smirnoff (born 24 January 1951) is a comedian who emigrated to America from the USSR.