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""Best friend." (Weaver tagline)"
""The general." (Mandible tagline)"
"Woody Allen — Z Marion-4195"
"Dan Aykroyd — Chip the Wasp"
"Anne Bancroft — The Ant Queen"
"Jane Curtin — Muffin "Muffy" the Wasp"
"Danny Glover — Staff Sergeant Barbatus"
"Gene Hackman — General Mandible"
"Jennifer Lopez — Azteca"
"John Mahoney — Grebs"
"Paul Mazursky — The Psychiatrist"
"Grant Shaud — The Foreman"
"Sylvester Stallone — Corporal Weaver"
"Sharon Stone — Princess Bala"
"Christopher Walken — Colonel Cutter"
"Mickie McGowan — Ants"
"Phil Proctor — The One Worker"
""The hero." (Z tagline)"
"Weaver: [to Z] Are you nuts?! You want me to switch places with you? Do you know how much trouble you can get into for even talkin' about impersonatin' a soldier? You can get in trouble just for listening to someone talkin' about impersonatin' a soldier! [Everyone who was listening in pretends to fall back asleep]"
""The princess." (Bala tagline)"
"Barbatus: [his last words to Z] Don't make my mistake, kid. Don't follow orders your whole life. Think for yourself."
"Muffy: Darling, they're poor, they're dirty, they're smelly. We have to help them. [to Z and Bala] If you just wait right here, we'll get you a little something."
"Queen: [to Mandible] General, we've been at peace with that colony for years. Why would they attack us?"
"Psychologist: Excellent. You’ve made a real breakthrough."
"Soldier Ants: One. Two. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen."
"Worker Ants: [chanting] We want Z! We want Z!"
"Chip: [to Muffy] Ugh! Please, Muffy, not another crusade."
"Grebs: [to Z] There is a better place, Insectopia."
"Princess Bala: Labor? What do you know about labor? How would you feel if you were expected to give birth every ten seconds for the rest of your life?"
"Colonel Cutter: Time stands still for no ant."
"Every ant has his day."
"Every ant runs the colony."
"See the world from a whole new perspective."
"Actual size of the next really big movie star."
"All revolutions begin underground."
"Antz iz coming 10-2-98."
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.