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"[After the Stingray's overhaul] Well done, guys. She may not be the youngest girl at the ball... but she'll turn a head or two. If she drives as well as she looks, we may even survive!"
"[Objecting at a meeting of flag officers regarding Dodge's command] There is physical evidence that, as an ensign, he did become so physically intoxicated that he not only allowed himself to be tattooed, but tattooed on his genitalia. Now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his penis!"
"Kelsey Grammer — Lt. Cmdr. Thomas "Tom" Dodge"
"Lauren Holly — Lt. Emily Lake, Diving Officer"
"Rob Schneider — Executive Officer (XO) Martin T. "Marty" Pascoe"
"Harry Dean Stanton — CPO Howard, Chief Engineer"
"Bruce Dern — Rear Adm. Yancy Graham"
"William H. Macy — Orlando Cmdr. Carl Knox"
"Ken Hudson Campbell — Seaman Buckman"
"Toby Huss — Seaman Nitro"
"Duane Martin — Planesman 1st Class Jefferson "R.J." Jackson"
"Jonathan Penner — Seaman Stanley "Spots" Sylvesterson"
"Bradford Tatum — Engineman 1st Class Brad Stepanak"
"Harland Williams — Seaman 2nd Class E.T. "Sonar" Lovacelli"
"Rip Torn — Vice Adm. Dean Winslow"
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.