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"That was the day I stopped believing in the wild ardor of things. Perhaps in love, as well. That kind of love. The love in books and films. The love that tells us to abandon our lives and plans, all for one brief touch of Venus. So often we fail at that kind of love. The world just seems too fragile a place for it. And of every other kind, life remains full. Perhaps it's just we who are too fragile."
"Oh, Raymond, Mrs. Whitaker sounds so formal! Won't you please... ask me to dance?"
"You're all man to me! All man..."
"And there's nothing else you care to share with your very own adoring wife?"
"I know it's a sickness, because it makes me feel despicable."
"Here is to being the only one."
"I've learned my lesson about mixing in other worlds. I've seen the sparks fly. All kinds."
"Call me old fashioned, I just like all the men I'm around to be all men."
"Cathy? Oh, she's been liberal ever since she played summer stock at college with all those steamy Jewish boys. Why do you think they used to call her "Red"?"
"Girlfriend of mine, Shirley Dawson, her husband - every night of the week. Plus, three more times on the weekend. Can you imagine?"
"A good society paper need not be a gossip rag."
"You are the proud wife of a successful sales executive; planning the parties, and posing at her husband's side on the advertisements. To everyone here in Connecticut, you are - Mr. and Mrs. Magnatech."
"Dr. Bowman: Today, the general attitude regarding this sort of behavior is naturally more modern, more scientific than it ever has been before. But for those who do seek treatment, who possess the will and desire to lead a normal life, there still remains only a scant five to thirty percent rate of success - for complete heterosexual conversion."
"What imprisons desires of the heart?"
"What lies beneath the surface? What hides behind the walls? What imprisons desires of the heart?"
"It's time to stop hiding from the truth."
"Julianne Moore - Cathleen "Cathy" Whitaker"
"Dennis Quaid - Frank Whitaker"
"Dennis Haysbert - Raymond Deagan"
"Patricia Clarkson - Eleanor Fine"
"Viola Davis - Sybil"
"James Rebhorn - Dr. Bowman"
"Celia Weston - Mona Lauder"
"Michael Gaston - Stan Fine"
"Ryan Ward - David Whitaker"
"Lindsay Andretta - Janice Whitaker"
"Jordan Puryear - Sarah Deagan"
"Bette Henritze - Mrs. Leacock"
"Barbara Garrick - Doreen"
"Olivia Birkelund - Nancy"
"June Squibb - elderly woman"
"J.B. Adams - Morris Farnsworth"
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.