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"I've spent the past seven years traveling the world, perfecting my craft. You see, I'm something of a magician, inventor, and chocolate maker. So quiet up, and listen down. Nope. Scratch that, reverse it."
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you a brand new contraption of my creation. An innovation in laundrification."
"I know things haven't been easy for you. They're going to get better."
"Ladies and gentlemen of The Galeries Gourmet, my name is Willy Wonka."
"So you're the funny little man who's been following me."
"I guess it's time to change the world."
"Mark my words, this is going to be the greatest chocolate shop the world has ever seen!"
"I will have you know that I'm a perfectly respectable size of an Oompa-Loompa."
"In fact, in Loompaland, I'm regarded as something of a whopper. They call me Lofty. So I will thank you to stop gawking at me as though I was something unpleasant you’d found in your handkerchief. I find it uncomfortable and, frankly, rude."
"I've started dancing now. Once we've started, we can't stop, you see."
"Oompa-Loompas do not negotiate."
"You should stand up to those bullies. Give them the old one-two. That's what an Oompa-Loompa would do."
"Tell me what it is, or I shall poke you quite viciously with a cocktail stick."
"[sings] Oompa loompa doompadee doo. I've got a tragic tale for you. Oompa loompa doompadee dee. If you are wise, you'll listen to me."
"[sings] Oompa-loompa loompadee dee. I'm not in premium economy!"
"Read the small print."
"What are we gonna do, Willy?"
"A double huh."
"You sure can be silly, Willy."
"The greedy hurt the needy every time, Wonka. That's the way of the world."
"Father Julius: You know what you've done, Julius. You've sold your soul for thirty pieces of chocolate."
"Discover how Willy became… Wonka."
"Every good thing in this world started with a dream."
"Timothée Chalamet -"
"- Chief-of-Police"
"- Arthur Slugworth"
"- Prodnose"
"- Ficklegrubber"
"- Mrs. Wonka: Willy's mother"
"Rowan Atkinson - Father Julius"
"Jim Carter - Abacus Crunch"
"- Piper Benz"
"- Mrs. Scrubbit"
"Hugh Grant - Lofty, an Oompa-Loompa"
"- Larry Chucklesworth"
"- Lottie Bell"
"Tom Davis - Bleacher"
"- Officer Affable"
"- The Countess"
"- Ship Captain"
"- Dorothy Smith"
"- Fruit and Veg Vendor"
"- Sinister Ship Captain"
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.