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"[to Prince "Kit" Charming] Just because it's what's done doesn't mean it's what should be done."
"[singing] If you see everywhere blooming blue lavender…"
"[to Lady Tremaine, after having her foot encased in the glass slipper] I forgive you."
"My name is Kit, my dad calls me that when he's in a good mood."
"Even if she does not want to be found, I have to see her again."
"What sweet singing. Makes me want to tarry just a little."
"[to Cinderella, after she and Drizella tear Cinderella's mother's dress] You shall not go to the ball!"
"A ragged servant that's what you are and what you will always be."
"It's beyond my wit, Your Majesty, but I wouldn't mind a bit of a jolly."
"I was having a fine old time. You had to go and choose that one, didn't you?"
"How many divisions will this "good, honest country girl" provide us? How will she make the kingdom stronger? We are a small kingdom amongst great states, Your Royal Highness. And it's a dangerous world."
"I think we might have made a bargain: A ball for the people, and a princess for the prince."
"I'm your Hairy Dogfather. I mean, Fairy Godmother!"
"[after transforming into her true form] That's better."
"Forgiven or not, Cinderella's stepmother and her daughters would soon leave with the Grand Duke, and never set foot in the kingdom again."
"And so Kit and Ella were married. And I can tell you, as her fairy godmother, that they were counted to be the fairest and kindest rulers the kingdom had known. And Ella continued to see the world not as it is, but as it could be, if only you believe in courage, and kindness, and occasionally, just a little bit... of magic."
"Ella's Mother: [to young Ella] I want to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. Have courage, and be kind. Ella, you have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body... Where there is kindness, there is goodness. And where there is goodness, there is magic."
"Goose Coachman: I can't drive. I'm a goose."
"Lily James - Cinderella, also known as Ella"
"Richard Madden - Prince Charming, also known as Kit"
"Cate Blanchett - Stepmother, also known as Lady Tremaine"
"Nonso Anozie - Captain"
"Stellan Skarsgård - Grand Duke"
"Derek Jacobi - King"
"Helena Bonham Carter - Fairy Godmother"
"Sophie McShera - Drisella"
"Holliday Grainger - Anastasia"
"Ben Chaplin - Ella's father"
"Hayley Atwell - Ella's mother"
"Rob Brydon - Master Phineus"
"Jana Perez - Princess Celina of Zaragoza"
"Alex Macqueen - Royal Crier"
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.