Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Molly Picon: Yente
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Quotes
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Yente : Tzeitel! I happened to stop in the post office today, to say hello, see what's what. It doesn't cost anything to be friendly. Ah, so few people are like that. People, huh! I tell you, Tzeitel, if God lived on earth, people would break his windows!
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Yente : Even the worst husband, God forbid, is better than no husband, God forbid. Who should know better than me? Ever since my husband died, I've been a poor widow. All alone, no-one to talk to, nothing to say to anyone. All I do at night is think of him. And even thinking of him gives me no pleasure.
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[Yente has returned from the post office]
Yente : The postman told me there was a letter for your sister, Hodel.
Tzeitel : Thank you, I'll go and get it.
Yente : I got it. It's, ah, from her intended, Perchik.
Tzeitel : Oh, she'll be so happy, she's been waiting to hear from... but it's open!
Yente : [shrugs] So, it happened to be open...
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Yente : Sometime, maybe we'll meet on a happier occasion. Meanwhile, we suffer. Oh-ho-hoh, we suffer. We suffer in silence, right? Of course, right.
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Yente : Well, Anatevka hasn't exactly been the Garden of Eden.