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"[self reflection] Now he had become the still center of that spinning wheel of misfortune. The world turned 'round him leaving him miraculously untouched. The croupier had reached his goal. He no longer heard the sound of the ball."
"Hang on tightly, let go lightly."
"[voiceover] Chapter 3. His existence was forming an interesting pattern of betrayals. Sometimes he was unsure whether he was the betrayer or the betrayed."
"[voiceover] The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills - it kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave, impartially. If you are none of these, you can be sure it will kill you, too, but there will be no special hurry."
"[voiceover] Welcome back Jack, to the house of addiction."
"I'm not an enigma, just a contradiction."
"[voiceover] A wave of elation came over him; he was hooked again... watching people lose."
"[voiceover] Chapter 13. It's all numbers, the croupier thought. Spin of the wheel, turn of the card, time of your life, date of your birth, year of your death. In the book of Numbers the Lord said, "Thou shall count thy steps.""
"Jani de Villiers: I understand if you don't, but I hope that you do."
"Marion Nell: Most men'll fuck a lamppost."
"Life's a Gamble."
"Clive Owen - Jack Manfred"
"Kate Hardie - Bella"
"Alex Kingston - Jani de Villiers"
"Gina McKee - Marion Nell"
"Nicholas Ball - Jack Sr."
"Alexander Morton - David Reynolds"
"Nick Reding - Giles Cremorne"
"Paul Reynolds - Matt"
"Barnaby Kay - Car Dealer"
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.