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"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
"[About his injury in the war] They said it was a million-dollar wound, but the army must keep that money cuz I ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars."
"Now, you listen to me. We all have a destiny. Things don't just happen, it's all part of a plan."
"You'll never sink this boat! [cackles madly] Come on! You call this a storm?! Come on, you son of a bitch! Blow! It's time for a showdown: You and me! I'm right here, come and get me! [cackles] You'll never sink...this...BOAT! [Cackles louder]"
"Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump"
"Robin Wright Penn - Jenny Curran-Gump"
"Gary Sinise - Lieutenant Dan Taylor"
"Mykelti Williamson - Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue"
"Sally Field - Mrs. Gump"
"Siobhan Fallon Hogan - Dorothy Harris"
"Sonny Shroyer - Paul "Bear" Bryant"
"Haley Joel Osment - Forrest Gump Jr."
"Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't."
"My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."
"My Momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.""
"Now, when I was a baby, Momma named me after the great Civil War hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. And what he did was, he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan. They'd all dress up in their robes and their bedsheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. They'd even put bedsheets on their horses and ride around. And anyway, that's how I got my name, Forrest Gump. Momma said that the Forrest part was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense."
"Yes, drill sergeant!"
"[at Jenny and her boyfriend] You know what I think? I think you should go home to Greenbow, ALABAMA!"
"Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat captain, and a college graduate, the city of fathers of Greenbow, Alabama, decided to get together and offered me a fine job. So I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan, though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company. And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said "That's good. One less thing." Now, Momma said there's only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for showing off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare Gospel Church and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre Fishing Hospital. And even though Bubba was dead, and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's momma Bubba's share. And you know what? She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen no more. And 'cause I was gazillionaire and I liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free. But at nighttime, when there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny. And then, she was there."
"[recalling saving Lt. Dan; we see him carrying Dan away through the jungle.] [narrating] Then it felt like somethin' just jumped up and bit me! [A muzzle flash is briefly visible from the trees as a gunshot rings out; Forrest is hit in the rear] OW! SOMETHING BIT ME!"
"[to Jenny's grave] You died on a Saturday morning and I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. [begins to cry] He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. [puts letter at foot of tombstone] Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. [voice shakes] Jenny? Is that you? Jenny! I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away."
"Lieber Gott, mach aus mir einen Vogel, damit ich wegfliegen kann. Weit weit weg..."
"Er war ein sehr liebevoller Mann! Dauernd hat er Jenny und ihre Schwestern geküsst und gestreichelt!"
"Ich bin kein kluger Mann, aber ich weiß, was Liebe ist."
"Dumm ist der, der Dummes tut."
""Das Leben ist wie eine Schachtel Pralinen"
"Hauptdarsteller:"
"Erschienen: 1994"
"Genre: Drama, Komödie"
"Drehbuch: Winston Groom, Eric Roth"
"Regie: Robert Zemeckis"
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.