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“- Yentl: I'd like this one, please.
- Bookseller: Sacred books are for men.
- Yentl: Why?
- Bookseller: It's the law.
- Yentl: Where's it written?
- Bookseller: It doesn't matter where it's written, it's the law.
- Yentl: Well if it's the law it must be written somewhere, perhaps in here. I'll take it.”Yentl is holding a book
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