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"[narrating] Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one's destiny intertwines with many others. It's the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Some never find it. But there are some who are led."
"[narrating] I became a sister to three new brothers. The princes. Hamish, Hubert, and Harris. Wee devils, more like. They get away with murder! I can never get away with anything!"
"[narrating] But every once in a while, there's a day when I don't have to be a princess. No lessons, no expectations. A day where anything can happen. A day I can change my fate."
"[looks at the black berries; to Bear Elinor] Find those by the creek, did you? [Bear Elinor nods and keeps eating the berries] They're nightshade berries. [Bear Elinor eats another one] They're poisonous. [Bear Elinor spits out the berries and tries to chug down some water] Where did you get this water? It has worms! [Bear Elinor spits out the water]"
"SHUT IT!!!"
"[to the men in the throne room] Legends are lessons. They ring with truths. Our kingdom is young; our stories are not yet legends, but in them, our bond was struck. Our clans were once enemies. But when we were threatened from the north, you joined together to defend our lands. You fought for each other. You risked everything for each other."
"[after realizing Bear Elinor isn't changing back into a human] No. No. I don't understand. [crying] Oh, Mom, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I did this to you to us. [hugs Bear Elinor] You've always been there for me. You've never given up on me. I just want you back. I want you back, Mommy. [murmurs] I love you."
"[closing narration] There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it."
"Then our alliance is over! This means war!"
"Oh, dear. [notices Merida's bow starts to burn out; she quickly pulls it out and realizes it's been burned out] Oh, no. What have I done? [weeps in realization]"
"[after turning her woodcarving hut into a spell-casting lair] You never conjure where you carve; very important."
"[repeated lines] Fate be changed, look inside. Mend the bond torn by pride."
"Merida was created specifically to break that mold. She was created to turn the regular Disney princess on its head. To show that Merida is closer to a real princess than those princesses. Princesses were working girls and so were their mothers and so I gave her a modern twist."
"Kelly Macdonald as Princess Merida"
"Billy Connolly as King Fergus"
"Emma Thompson as Queen Elinor"
"Julie Walters as The Witch"
"Robbie Coltrane as Lord Dingwall"
"Kevin McKidd as Lord MacGuffin and Young MacGuffin"
"Craig Ferguson as Lord Macintosh"
"Sally Kinghorn and Eilidh Fraser as Maudie"
"Steven Cree as Young Macintosh"
"Steve Purcell as The Crow"
"Callum O'Neill as Wee Dingwall"
"Patrick Doyle as Martin"
"John Ratzenberger as Gordon"
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.