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"(masquerading as a mobster) My name is Ben Sobel... -lioni. Ben Sobellioni. I'm also known as, uh, Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnozz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine."
"[talking to patient] Well, the first thing I think you should do...is to stop whining about this pathetic loser! You are a tragedy queen! [mocks whining voice] "Steve doesn't like me! Steve doesn't respect me!" I mean, who gives a shit? GET A FUCKING LIFE!"
"[Upon receiving an exquisite fountain from Vitti as a gift] Call the Vatican, see if there's anything missing."
"Robert De Niro as Paul Vitti"
"Billy Crystal as Ben Sobel M.D."
"Lisa Kudrow as Laura MacNamara"
"Chazz Palminteri as Primo Sindone"
"Joe Viterelli as Jelly"
"Kyle Sabihy as Michael"
"Pat Cooper as Sal Masiello"
"Joe Rigano as Manetta"
"Leo Rossi as Carlo Mangano"
"Richard C. Castellano as Jimmy"
"Pasquale Cajano as Frankie Zello"
"Gene Ruffini as Joe Baldassare"
"Judith Kahan as Elaine Felton"
"Tony Bennett (Guest starring) as Himself"
"DonnaMarie Recco as Shiela"
"Bill Macy as Dr. Isaac Sobel"
"Rebecca Schull as Dorothy Sobel"
"Asaif Mandvi as Dr. Shulman"
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.