Fiddler on the Roof - Misattributed Quotes in a Conversation
Tevye:
As Abraham said, "I am a stranger in a strange land...
Mendel:
Moses said that.
Tevye:
Ah. Well, as King David said, "I am slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
Mendel:
That was also Moses.
Tevye:
For a man who was slow of tongue, he talked a lot.
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Fiddler on the Roof - Interpretation of a Quotation's Meaning
Tevye:
As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.
Mendel:
Where does the book say that?
Tevye:
Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken. Good Sabbath!
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