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"So, I'm a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman."
"You know, pretending to be a man does have its disadvantages."
"[looking at a glass of White Wine] The last time I saw a specimen like this they had to shoot the horse."
"God, there've been times I'd have given my soul to be able to cry like that."
"There's nothing more inconvenient than an old queen with a head cold."
"I know what you're thinking... and you ought to be ashamed of yourself."
"[to the dancers on stage after they drop him] You bitches."
"You were marvelous! And I never want to see any of you again!"
"Thank you. Thank you, thank you, you're most kind. In fact, you're every kind."
"Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race."
"You can't think about it, you just gotta put it out of your mind! The more you think about it, the more you worry. The more you worry, the more you think. [eating chocolates] Think, worry, worry, think... mm! too soft... It just gets like a vicious cycle! And then, before you know it, you are impudent! [King walks out of the bathroom, holding a bar of soap] What's with the soap?"
"Thinks he can just push me around! Thinks I'm just gonna hop on the next boat for the States and that'll be that! Well, you've got another thing coming Mr. Big-shot Fairy Marchand! 'Cause Mrs. Cassidy's little goirl Norma ain't gonna take this one lyin' down! [Norma boards the train and walks all the way down the corridor, raving to herself. She gets out on the balcony of the last car] And don't kid yourself! You ain't seen the last of me yet! [She opens her coat to reveal her underclothes. A boarding passenger, distracted by this, falls off the platform behind the train] Oh, you okay?"
"[Victoria, in her disguise, pulls Norma into the bedroom and starts taking off her clothes] Oh, now wait a minute...WAIT!!!!! [whispers] Lock the door!"
"You two-timing son of a bitch! He's a woman!"
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.