Fiddler on the Roof Quotes
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      Tevye:
      (admires the butcher's home) And all this from killing innocent animals.
      -Tevye
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        Tevye:
        Quiet, woman, before I get angry, because when I get angry even flies don't dare to fly!
        -Tevye
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          Yente, Golde:
          What does a poor skinny tailor want with Tzeitel?" "They've always been friends. They talk, they play-" "Play? What do they play?

          -Yente, Golde
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            Golde:
            A poor girl without a dowry can't be particular. If you want hair, marry a monkey.
            -Golde
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              Townspeople:
              Maybe the Tzar wanted the land." "Maybe a plague?" "May the Tzar have his very own plague." "Amen!

              -Townspeople
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                Tevye, Avram:
                As Abraham said, 'I'm a stranger in a strange land.' " "Moses said that." "Forgive me. As King David said, 'I'm slow of speech and tongue'." "That was also Moses." "For a man with a slow tongue, he talked a lot.

                -Tevye, Avram
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                  Tevye:
                  I know we are the chosen people. But once in a while, can't you choose someone else?
                  -Tevye
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                    Tevye:
                    What do I think? I never really liked him. Why should I? You can have a fine conversation with him if you talk about kidneys and livers. On the other hand, not everyone has to be a scholar. And with a butcher my daughter will surely never know hunger.

                    -Tevye
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                      Motel and Tevye:
                      A perfect fit. Like a glove. This match was made exactly to measure." "Perfect fit? Made to measure? Motel, stop talking like a tailor and tell me, who is it?

                      -Motel and Tevye
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                        Tevye, Tzeitel:
                        But we made an agreement! And with us, an agreement is an agreement." "Is that more important than I am, Papa?
                        -Tevye, Tzeitel
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                          Tevye:
                          Arranging a match for yourself? What are you? Everything? The bridegroom, matchmaker, and guests in one? I suppose you'll perform the ceremony, too?

                          -Tevye
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                            Tevye:
                            Either you're out of your mind or you're crazy! He must be crazy!
                            -Tevye
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                              Motel:
                              Please don't shout at me Reb Tevye.
                              -Motel
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                                Tevye:
                                On the other hand, he has absolutely nothing. On the other hand, things could never get worse for him, only better.
                                -Tevye
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                                  Motel, Tevye:
                                  You won't be sorry!" "I won't be sorry? I'm sorry already!
                                  -Motel, Tevye
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                                    Golde:
                                    Such a dark and horrible dream! And to think it was brought on because YOU went to see that butcher!
                                    -Golde
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                                      Fyedka:
                                      Do you feel about me the way they feel about you? I didn't think you would.
                                      -Fyedka
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                                        Constable, Tevye:
                                        You're honest and decent, even though you are a Jew." "Oh, thank you, Your Honor. How often does a man get a compliment like that?
                                        -Constable, Tevye
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                                          Tevye:
                                          You are a good man. If I may say so, it's too bad you're not a Jew.
                                          -Tevye
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                                            Fruma Sarah:
                                            How can you allow it, HOW?? How could you let your daughter take my place, live in my house, carry my keys, and wear my clothes, PEARLS, HOW???
                                            -Fruma Sarah