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"I been all over this world. In cars. Ships. Trains. I seen men die in ways I didn't even know was possible. But I ain't never saw no roots, no demons⦠no ghosts, no magic. Just power. And only money can get you that."
"[after shooting a looter and seeing the other trying to escape] FUCK you goin', nigga?! Bet this bullet'll beat you there!"
"Listen here, this ain't no house party."
"The best part of me was him."
"Y'all ready to eat? Y'all ready to drink? Y'all ready to sweat till y'all stank?"
"We 'bout to get it poppin' like fish grease, boy!"
"[to Stack] So you rob trains and banks but you can't steal this pussy for a night?"
"Ooh, we gonna kill every last one of you."
"I been workin' all week, Pop. Wanna be free of all this fo' a day."
"[to Pearline] You're beautiful... I just wanna taste you."
"[opening narration] There are legends of people... born with the gift of makin' music so true... it can pierce the veil between life and death, conjurin' spirits from the past and the future. In ancient Ireland, they were called FilΓ. In Choctaw land, they call them Firekeepers. And in West Africa... they're called Griots. This gift can bring healing to their communities... but it also attracts evil."
"These ain't haints. They vampires."
"Oh, we heard tale of a party."
"This world already left you for dead. Won't let you build. Won't let you fellowship. We will do just that. Together. Forever. I can save you from your fate. I am your way out."
"Long ago... the men who stole my father's land forced these words upon us. I hated those men, but the words still bring me comfort. Those men lied to themselves and lied to us. They told stories of a God above and a Devil below. And lies of a dominion of man over beast and Earth. We are earth and beast, and god. We are woman and man. We are connected, you and I, to everything. [Pause] You will taste the sweet pain of death. We will make beautiful music together."
"See, white folks, they like the blues just fine. They just don't like the people who make it."
"[Explaining to Sammie] Blues wasn't forced on us like that religion. Nah, son, we brought that with us from home. It's magic what we do. It's sacred... and big."
"Come on in, you motherfuckers!"
"Let me in, man! [Bangs on the door] There's some weird shit goin' on out here. [Continues banging] Let me in! You better let me in! Smoke, let me in! Smoke, let me in there! Smoke, you gotta let me in!"
"Dance with the devil."
"We are all sinners."
"It's gonna be a real ring-a-ding-ding!"
"Michael B. Jordan β Smoke/Stack"
"Hailee Steinfeld β Mary"
"β Sammie Moore"
"Jack O'Connell β Remmick"
"β Pearline"
"β Cornbread"
"β Grace Chow"
"β Delta Slim"
"Helena Hu β Lisa Chow"
"Peter Dreimanis β Bert"
"β Jedediah"
"Andrene Ward-Hammond β Ruthie"
"David Maldonado β Hogwood"
"Nathaniel Arcand β Chayton"
"Tenaj L. Jackson β Beatrice"
"Nicoye Banks β Jacob"
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.