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"[looking through Fester's suitcase] Crowbar... dynamite... cyanide. Fester- as if we'd run out."
"And our credo, "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"..."We gladly feast on those who would subdue us". Not just pretty words."
"Wednesday, play with your food!"
"Thing, you're a handful."
"Don't torture yourself, Gomez- that's my job."
"Gomez, last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. [pause] Do it again!"
"[looking through an armoire] Uncle Nick-Nack's winter wardrobe... Uncle Nick-Nack's summer wardrobe... Uncle Nick-Nack..."
"They say she danced naked in the town square and enslaved a minister! But don't worry, we told Wednesday, "College first.""
"[watching Pugsley sleep] He looks so sweet... just like a little entrée."
"[to Tully] Dirty pool, old man. I like it!"
"[Watching Morticia sleep] Look at her. I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss."
""How do you take it off?" That's absurd! That finger trap was a party favor at his 10th birthday! He wore that finger trap for two years! Mother had to teach him to eat with his feet!"
"Spirits above me, give me a sign! Shall I be joyous, or shall I be damned?"
"Taught to us by our Cossack cousins, the Mamushka has been an Addams family tradition since God knows when. We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled. We danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper. And now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you."
"That's the spirit, Thing! Lend a hand!"
"They say that a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. And, with God as my witness, I am that fool!"
"2, 10, 11- eyes, fingers, toes!"
"[Listening to Thing's Morse Code] Morticia in danger stop. Send help at once stop."
"[when asked about her Halloween costume] This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac- they look just like everyone else."
"[Pugsley is tied up, an apple in his mouth. He mumbles something to her] Don't be a baby. I know what I'm doing. [Raises and aims her crossbow]"
"[upon seeing that Fester is actually Gordon] I knew it! You are a fake!"
"Grandma: Dinner's gonna be late. [goes outside chasing a cat] Here, boy! Here, boy!"
"Fester: Three parts dynamite, with a nitroglycerin cap. It's perfect for small homes, carports and toolsheds."
"Anjelica Huston — Morticia Addams"
"Raúl Juliá — Gomez Addams"
"Christina Ricci — Wednesday Addams"
"Jimmy Workman — Pugsley Addams"
"Christopher Lloyd — Uncle Fester / Gordon Craven"
"Judith Malina — Grandma"
"Elizabeth Wilson — Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss / Abigail Craven"
"Dan Hedaya — Tully Alford"
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.