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"I love to scare the hell out of people."
"That old black magic has me in its spell That old black magic that I weave so well Those icy fingers up and down your spine The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine"
"Sorry, pal, he asked for me. That's the rules. He asked for me; he's mine. And none of your tricks, either."
"It's the little things I enjoy."
"I keep my name out of the papers. I'm more effective that way."
"A deal is a deal. It's finished."
"Sign this, Bobby, and they'll stop laughing. Sign this and the whole world is yours."
"People think, because I'm the devil, I'm insensitive. That's not true."
"Listen, if I didn't exist, God would've had to make me up. I make him look good."
"Would I lie?"
"I'd sell my soul to the devil to make it in this business, just for the chance."
"I've just never seen wine with an expiration date before."
"Where am I? Who am I? If I'm not me anymore, why do I still think I'm me? That's the part I can't understand."
"Pretty nice, huh? I made it myself."
"You made a deal with the devil, how dumb could you be?"
"You don't get to be as old as I am unless you can roll with the punches."
"He's always wanted to look like me, talk like me, be like me, but I'm God."
"He meets his match in one hot comedy."
"That's funny, they both look like George Burns."
"George Burns — God and Harry O. Tophet"
"Ted Wass — Bobby Shelton"
"Ron Silver — Gary Frantz"
"Roxanne Hart — Wendy Shelton"
"Eugene Roche — Charlie Gray"
"Janet Brandt — Mrs. K"
"Robert Desiderio — Billy Wayne"
"John Doolittle — Arthur Shelton"
"Julie Lloyd — Bea Shelton"
"Belita Moreno — Mrs. Vega"
"Jason Wingreen — Hotel manager"
"Susan Peretz — Louise"
"Robert Picardo — Joe Ortiz"
"Arthur Malet — Houseman"
"James Cromwell — Priest"
"Arnold Johnson — Preacher"
"Brandy Gold — Bobby's daughter"
"Lois Wilde — Casino patron (uncredited)"
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.