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"Johnny Sims reached the age of twelve. He recited poetry, played piano and sang in a choir....so did Lincoln and Washington!"
"When John was twenty-one he became one of the seven million that believe New York depends on them."
"During the next five years two eventful things happened to the Simses. A baby sister was born....and John received an $8 raise."
"We do not know how big the crowd is, and what opposition it is....until we get out of step with it."
"Look at that crowd! The poor boobs....all in the same rut!"
"[laughing at a juggling clown] The poor sap! And I bet his father thought he would be President!"
"[singing to the ukelele] Wife and I are happy And everything is swell; It's heavenly inside our flat But outside it is El!"
"Take it from me, marriage isn't a word....it's a sentence!"
"Stranger: [on the NYC ferry] You've gotta be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd."
"Flapper: [to John] Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?"
"When Life Beats You Down to Your Knees -See How to Fight Back and WIN!"
"The Story of You and I, the man next door, told with a sweep of drama Magnificent and Amazing."
"A powerful drama of modern marriage- a marriage that goes smash, and how it is saved. See yourself in "THE CROWD.""
"Eleanor Boardman - Mary Sims"
"James Murray - John Sims"
"Bert Roach - Bert"
"Estelle Clark - Jane"
"Daniel G. Tomlinson - Jim"
"Dell Henderson - Dick"
"Lucy Beaumont - Mary's mother"
"Freddie Burke Frederick - "Junior""
"Alice Mildred Puter - daughter"
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.