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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#connection #every #everybody #language #laughs

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. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#channel #channels #consisted #had #kgb

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. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#described #father #fell #freedom #harbor

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. ↗

— Adam Smith

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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ↗

— Adam Smith

#antidote #enthusiasm #great #poison #superstition

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#been #forever #us #war

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. ↗

— Adam Smith

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I've never been much for theory and scales. ↗

— Adrian Smith

#i #much #never #scales #theory

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#departures #find #lay #life #more

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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