"I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing – like showering." ― Yakov Smirnoff Topic(s): Women More From Yakov Smirnoff "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." "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." "We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we’ve heard in fairy tales." More In Women "Women don’t realize how powerful they are."― Judith Light "An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house."― Maria Callas "If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare."― Gloria Steinem