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"(on his cb radio) Gilman, may I remind you that I have friends who have absolutely no regard for the sanctity of human life? I pick up the phone, I have your head in a bag on my desk tomorrow morning."
"(after watching Cahill and Doyle's argument, in which Farley nearly goes over the bridge) Yep. I'm real happy about my decision to stick with you guys."
"(after the elephant ceremony, to Cahill) When you're standing on a roof with your brother in Fort Lauderdale, I think you're really gonna enjoy the view."
"(upset, on the boat) I should be on a top secret mission with crack commandos but instead, I'm in an episode of McHale's Navy starring Dumbo, Mr. French, and the Three Stooges!"
"Does anybody else here know how to work an elephant?"
"C-123 Pilot: Gentleman, I'm responsible for anything that goes in this cargo hold. Now if that thing even twitches, you are gonna see an elephant fly."
"Colonel Nguyen: (after a request to shoot) I did not join this army to shoot elephants, especially ones that fly."
"Lihn: (angry) You nice American? You think you're Number One? You Number Ten!"
"Harvey Ashford: (seeing a black crow) Bird if I were you, I'd get the hell out of here!"
"When you weigh four tons, it's hard to be a secret weapon."
"Five tons of Disney fun!"
"A Top-Secret Mission Of Gigantic Proportions!"
"A story about big dreams and small miracles."
"Landing this summer"
"Danny Glover - Captain Sam Cahill"
"Ray Liotta - Captain T.C. Doyle"
"Denis Leary - Chief Warrant Officer 3 David Poole"
"Doug E. Doug - Specialist 4 Harvey Ashford"
"Corin Nemec - Specialist 5 Lawrence Farley"
"Dinh Thien Le -Linh"
"James Hong - Y B'ham"
"Tchéky Karyo - Goddard"
"Hoang Ly - Brigadier Nguyen"
"Vo Trung Anh - Captain Quang"
"Marshall Bell - Major Pederson"
"Tim Kelleher - Major Morris"
"Raymond Cruz - Staff Sergeant Adams"
"Tai - Bo Tat"
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.