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"First of all, I know the guys you'd hire to come get me, they like me better than you. Second of all, you're not going to the cops, because...well, let's face it, you're not going to the cops. Third, you shook Sinatra's hand. You should know better, Willy."
"[to Rusty before leaving] You should settle down. Have a couple of kids."
"[to Danny before he leaves] Next time, try keeping the weight off in between."
"Could you make it any more complicated?"
"[Referring to Linus' facial prop] Oh I told him that the nose plays... the nose plays."
"[reference to Damon's last line in Rounders] It is not a prop for prop's sake!"
"[Linus is talking to his dad on the phone] No, the Brody can work! What, just because you have the greatest cover known to man, you have to tell me what to do? Congratulations! No, maybe you're getting soft! [Danny puts his hand out for the phone] No, I won't put Danny on. [Rusty puts his hand out for the phone] Or Rusty. Just–Goodbye, Dad! [Hangs up]"
"[At the airport, homage to real life] I guess I'll see you when I see you"
"I'm so deep into Pepperidge I am him."
"[To Danny Ocean] Some people I take seriously tell me you're a serious guy."
"Oh, I don't lose. People who bet on me to lose, lose. And they lose big."
"I don't want the labor pains; I just want the baby!"
"You know, you're half smart, Ocean."
"Saul Bloom: When they opened The Flamingo, one day it was closed, the next it was open. End of story. I know, I was there."
"Saul Bloom: Kensington Chubb here!"
"Saul Bloom: Did I say I was walking away? Let's gut the sonovabitch."
"Reuben Tishkoff: We'll talk about it when I'm dead."
"Roman Nagel: You're analog players in a digital world. You're done."
"Roman Nagel You're like the Morecombe and Wise of the thievery world, but even they went off the boil after a while"
"Yen: Shit! Shit! Shit!"
"Saul Bloom: (Talking to Willie Bank as Kensington chubb) Well, so far, this establishment is of, Aces!"
"What are the odds of getting even? 13 to one."
"Revenge is a funny thing."
"How To Steal Half A Billion Dollars, In 3.5 Minutes?"
"When you cross one Ocean, you cross them all."
"George Clooney - Danny Ocean"
"Brad Pitt - Rusty Ryan"
"Matt Damon - Linus Caldwell/Lenny Pepperidge"
"Elliott Gould - Reuben Tishkoff"
"Bernie Mac - Frank Catton"
"Al Pacino - Willie Bank"
"Don Cheadle - Basher Tarr/Fender Roads"
"Casey Affleck - Virgil Malloy"
"Eddie Jemison - Livingston Dell"
"Scott Caan - Turk Malloy"
"Shaobo Qin - Yen/Mr. Weng"
"Carl Reiner - Saul Bloom/Kensington Chub"
"Eddie Izzard - Roman Nagel"
"Michael Mantell - Dr. Stan"
"Ellen Barkin - Abigail Sponder"
"Julian Sands - Greco Montgomery"
"David Paymer - The V.U.P."
"Andy Garcia - Terry Benedict"
"Jerry Weintraub - Denny Shields"
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.