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"My mom reckons I'm going to be a star. And stars don't fall from the sky."
"[singing] Oh Donna, oh Donna. Oh Donna, oh Donna. I had a girl, Donna was her name. Since she left me, I've never been the same. Cause I love my girl, Donna oh where can you be?"
"[to Ritchie] You've been laid yet? I'm serious, I know what your problem is. Sperm pressure, it's scientific."
"You know, my old man wasn't around when I was born. [takes swig of vodka and grimaces] Why should I be?"
"I will never let anyone get in the way of my feelings for you, ever again."
"Rosie Morales: [about Bob] He doesn't want a wife. He wants a love slave, one that he can kick around."
"Bob Keane [after changing Richard Valenzuela's name to Ritchie Valens]: Look, it could've been worse; you could have been "Ricky Zuela"."
"Born to poverty. Destined for stardom. He lived the American Dream."
"Talent made him a star, fate made him a legend. The true story of Ritchie Valens."
"Lou Diamond Phillips - Ritchie Valens"
"Esai Morales - Roberto "Bob" Morales (Ritchie's half-brother)"
"Rosanna DeSoto - Connie Valenzuela (Ritchie's mother)"
"Elizabeth Peña - Rosie Morales"
"Danielle von Zerneck - Donna Ludwig"
"Joe Pantoliano - Bob Keane"
"Rick Dees - Ted Quillin"
"Marshall Crenshaw - Buddy Holly"
"Howard Huntsberry - Jackie Wilson"
"Brian Setzer - Eddie Cochran"
"Stephen Lee - The Big Bopper"
"Sam Anderson - Mr. Ludwig (Donna's father)"
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.