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"It's good to see me, isn't it?"
"Fellow Ozians, let me set the record straight. Yes, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead!"
"Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?"
"Elphaba Thropp, listen to me. You can do this. You can do anything."
"Fine, let's get this over with: no, I am not seasick; no, I did not eat grass as a child; and yes, I've always been green."
"[furiously] NO! Leave her alone. She hasn't done anything wrong! NO! Back off! I'm the one you want! I'm the one you want! IT'S ME! [echoing] IT'S ME!!!"
"Well, I see that once again, the responsibility to corrupt my fellow students falls to me"
"[to Elphaba] Why is it that every time I see you, you're causing some sort of commotion?"
"Welcome, new students. And congratulotions for having been accepted to Shiz. Whether you’ll be studying law, logic or linguification, I know I speak for my fellow faculty members when I say we have nothing but the highest hopes for some of you."
"My personal opinion, dear, is that you do not have what it takes. I hope you prove me wrong. I doubt you will."
"[to the Flying Monkeys] If you want to keep your families safe, you’ll stay loyal to our Wizard. She did this. The green one. Don't let her get away!"
"Citizens of Oz, there is an enemy who must be found and captured. Believe nothing she says. She has stolen our Grimmerie. She is evil, responsible for the mutilation of these poor innocent monkeys. Her green skin is but an outward manifestorium of her twisted nature. This distortion. This repulsion. This Wicked Witch."
"When I first got here, well, there was discord. There was discontent. And back where I come from, everybody knows that the best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy."
"– Elphaba Thropp"
"Ariana Grande-Butera – Galinda Upland/Glinda"
"Jonathan Bailey – Fiyero Tiggelar"
"– Boq Woodsman"
"Peter Dinklage – Doctor Dillamond"
"Michelle Yeoh – Madame Morrible"
"Jeff Goldblum – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
"– Nessarose Thropp"
"Andy Nyman – Governor Thropp"
"Courtney-Mae Briggs – Mrs. Thropp"
"– Shenshen"
"Aaron Teoh – Avaric"
"– Miss Coddle"
"– Dulcibear"
"Jenna Boyd – Wolf Doctor"
"Colin Michael Carmichael – Professor Nikidik"
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.