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"Don't be superstitious, it's bad luck."
"[singing] Green is the color of the shamrocks /and the grass on Blarney hill / Oh, the darlin' green of Ireland /and the good old dollar bill."
"My family's been having nothing but trouble with immigrants ever since they come to this country!"
"[dictating a speech to Buzz] Gentlemen, the festering tides of radicalism are upon us. But before I yield up our glorious South -and her sister commonwealth, the U.S. of A - I will lay down my life. I will do more - I will filibuster. Back, you crackpots! Forward, America! Forward to the hallowed principles of our forefathers. Forward to the sweet tranquility of the status quo. Forward... to yesterday!"
"[singing] When I'm not near the girl I love/ I love the girl I'm near!"
"What fools these mortals be!"
"Let yourself glow"
"If all you want out of a movie is a great, big, wonderful time - just follow the rainbow - whistle the songs - and join in the fun."
"Fred Astaire — Finian McLonergan"
"Petula Clark — Sharon McLonergan"
"Tommy Steele — Og"
"Don Francks — Woody Mahoney"
"Keenan Wynn — Senator Billboard Rawkins"
"Barbara Hancock — Susan the Silent"
"Al Freeman Jr. — Howard"
"Ronald Colby — Buzz Collins"
"Dolph Sweet — Sheriff"
"Wright King — District Attorney"
"Louil Silas — Henry"
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.