# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import quopri
import StringIO

# helpers (the quopri module only supports file-to-file conversion)

def encodestring(instring, tabs=0):
    outfile = StringIO.StringIO()
    quopri.encode(StringIO.StringIO(instring), outfile, tabs)
    return outfile.getvalue()

def decodestring(instring):
    outfile = StringIO.StringIO()
    quopri.decode(StringIO.StringIO(instring), outfile)
    return outfile.getvalue()

firstExample = "=91hey=92"
print decodestring(firstExample).decode('windows-1252')

secondExample = "=E2=80=98=E2=80=99,=E2=80=9C=E2=80=9D=3Dhey=C3=B7=C2=BD=C3=96=C3=B1=E2=99=A6=E2=86=92%@=C2=A5=C3=B7"
print decodestring(secondExample).decode('utf-8')