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"(about the plan, mildly amused) Don't ge me wrong. It's a dream vacation. I mean I load up. I go into space. I get inside the maximum-security nuthouse, save the President's daughter if she's not dead already. Get past all the psychos who've just woken up."
"(after giving Emilie a third shot) That'll freeze the nerves in this spot for 24 hours. You want some in your mouth?"
"Come on. It'll be fun."
"(as he's trying to save Emilie's life while the others remind him of time limit) You know the counting thing, not very relaxing."
"(to Emilie) Here'e an apple and a gun. Don't talk to strangers. Shoot them."
"(to Hydell) Do you dream while you're under?"
"(to Snow) Who are you? Who sent you?"
"What the hell are you doing?!"
"I thought you said your were sure."
"(to Snow about Mace) Now you're asking a crazy man where he hid a briefcase that you threw away in a crowded subway train?!"
"(to her father about the prison) Everyone is dead... blow this dump out of the sky!"
"(to Snow) You don't like me, do you?"
"Who was the mystery man on the phone?"
"Mr. President, there's been a massive take-over on MS-One."
"(about Snow) He's the best there is. But he's a loose cannon."
"Tell me what I can do to help you, Snow."
"We could send in one man. One man with one very specific order. To get Emilie Warnock out."
"Nobody smokes anymore, Snow."
"Snow, this is no time to be hanging around!"
"We can send in one man with one very specific order."
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.