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"What I used to be able to pass off as a bad summer could now potentially turn into a bad life."
"[to Grover, at the airport, about Otis] This is useless. We just have to walk away like mothers in nursery school."
"What about me? You've got enough friends, a new one is bad for you. You start spreading your affection around and it runs thin, believe me."
"I found myself writing 'wake up' and 'go to bed' in my day planner as if they are two different events."
"You know, even though all 618 of us were wearing caps and gowns out there today, I couldn't help but think it was a coincidence that we were both wearing black."
"[to Chet] I like that you drink. I like a bartender who drinks. Otherwise I feel like I'm being poisoned."
"You know, despite my efforts, my intense efforts to do nothing... things happen anyway."
"[to Miami] I begged you not to get off Prozac."
"If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini."
"Josh Hamilton - Grover"
"Olivia d'Abo - Jane"
"Carlos Jacott - Otis"
"Chris Eigeman - Max"
"Eric Stoltz - Chet"
"Jason Wiles - Skippy"
"Parker Posey - Miami"
"Elliott Gould - Grover's Dad"
"Marissa Ribisi - Charlotte"
"Dean Cameron - Zach"
"Kaela Dobkin - Audra"
"Perrey Reeves - Amy"
"Cara Buono - Kate"
"Noah Baumbach - Danny"
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.