Tevya (1939)
Rebecca Weintraub: Goldie
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Quotes
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Goldie 'Golde' : How's your husband?
Zeitel 'Tseytl' : How should he be? He coughs.
Goldie 'Golde' : He does? There's a remedy. Sage with chaff, boiled sour-milk, and a wool sock around his neck at night. It works.
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Zeitel 'Tseytl' : How's Chava?
Goldie 'Golde' : She worries me, your sister.
Zeitel 'Tseytl' : Did something happen?
Goldie 'Golde' : Nothing that's good.
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Tevya 'Tevye' : You need the book now?
Chavah 'Khave' : Papa we agreed you wouldn't mix in my business. Like it's written, "Mine art thine, and thine, thine."
Tevya 'Tevye' : Spoken like a true ignoramus. But you do know the grammar. Never mix in someone else's business. For example, if I mixed in with Mama's borscht?
Goldie 'Golde' : Crazy man! The borscht waits, and he sings!
Tevya 'Tevye' : You hear? The sages were right. A hundred-pound Jewess has two tons of talk. We're discussing books. She's discussing borscht.
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Tevya 'Tevye' : What you get from raising children. You old fool, where were your eyes, where was your sense? What do you say, Golde?
Goldie 'Golde' : What is there to be said?
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Tevya 'Tevye' : Mikita, we've always been good neighbors. Please, have pity. My Chava's inside. I want to see her for one minute. Please, I'm begging you. I won't do anything to her or to your son. Please.
Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father : How should I know where your daughter is? Leave me alone, you stubborn...
Tevya 'Tevye' : You know, Mikita. You're going to the priest, to my destruction. I'm begging you. I'll give you my last shirt, my coat.
Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father : Shove off, pest!
Goldie 'Golde' : Kolina, dear, you're a mother yourself.
Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife : Shove off! Disgusting pest!
Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father : It's impossible to get rid of you!
Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife : I can't stand them!
Tevya 'Tevye' : [Mikita and Kolina exit, to Golde] So how do you like our in-laws? Wonderful in-laws. In-laws.
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Goldie 'Golde' : Tevya, be careful how you talk to him. If you start in with your quotes, we'll be lost. Be gentle. Don't shout.
Tevya 'Tevye' : Should I dance? He took away the most precious thing I have. Should I be silent?