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"Sometimes in the heat of passion, the little head tells the big head what to do, and the big head should think twice about what you are doing."
"[about Sonny] People don't love him, they fear him. There's a difference."
"Mickey Mantle? Is that what you're upset about? Mickey Mantle makes $100,000 a year. How much does your father make? You don't know? Well, see, if your father can't pay the rent, go ask Mickey Mantle and see what he tells you. Mickey Mantle don't care about you, so why should you care about him? Nobody cares."
"[last words before he died] Come here!"
"It was great to be Catholic and go to confession. You could start over every week."
"I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I'd be twice as smart as everybody."
"[as he walks out of Sonny's funeral] Sonny and my father always said that when I get older I would understand. Well, I finally did. I learned something from these two men. I learned to give love and get love unconditionally. You just have to accept people for what they are, and I learned the greatest gift of all. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever. But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood, and they'll just tell you this is just another Bronx tale."
"Robert De Niro — Lorenzo Anello"
"Chazz Palminteri — Sonny LoSpecchio"
"Lillo Brancato, Jr. — Calogero Anello"
"Francis Capra — Calogero Anello"
"Kathrine Narducci — Rosina Anello"
"Taral Hicks — Jane Williams"
"Joe Pesci — Carmine"
"Louis Vanaria — Crazy Mario"
"Domenick Lombardozzi — Nicky Zero"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.