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Quotation marks

Which quotation marks should I use? Some sentences use double-quotes, i.e. "...", while others use double-angle-quotes, i.e. «...». Obviously, the " is correct in English. However, I am not sure ...
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Preposition to quote: из or от (or none of them)

Suppose one wishes to quote a Russian text, say, the following well-known one: «Наука же говорит: возлюби, прежде всех, одного себя, ибо все на свете на личном интересе основано» Which way of ...
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What is the translation for “жить захочешь, не так раскорячишься”? [closed]

Since we seem to accept questions of the Russian-to-English format, I'd like to ask you helping me with the translation of "жить захочешь, не так раскорячишься". Which is a famous quote from a movie. ...