If you simply wanted to get rid of quotes entirely, you could use:
"\"Hello!\"".replace( "\"" , "" )
However, since you only want the beginning and ending quotes removed:
>>> string = "\"If thou wert my fool, nuncle...\""
>>> print string
"If thou wert my fool, nuncle..."
>>> if string.startswith("\""): string = string[1:]
>>> print string
If thou wert my fool, nuncle..."
>>> if string.endswith("\""): string = string[:-1]
>>> print string
If thou wert my fool, nuncle...
Does this suffice?
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