Extracting string before the quotations

Question

I am trying to parse a pdf in python and extract string in quotations. I am able to extract the text in quotations but I also want to extract the name before the quotation starts. For example: Consider this

Ziblatt, Daniel. 2004. "Rethinking the Origins of Federalism: Puzzle, Theory, and Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Europe,"

I am able to extract everything quotations but I want the name to be extracted as well . This is the code I am using.. Please help

def quotes(x):
    quoted = re.compile('"[^"]*"')
    for value in quoted.findall(x):
        print value 

Answer 1

Capturing data before a double-quote should work:

def quotes(x):
    quoted = re.compile('(.+)"[^"]+"')
    for value in quoted.findall(x):
        print value.strip()

I get this ouput:

>>> quotes(text)
'Ziblatt, Daniel. 2004.'