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"This is me! This is how I win."
"I know. I know. Jews and colon cancer. What is that? I thought we were the chosen people."
"I made a crazy risk. You gamble and it's about to pay off."
"[weeping] Everything I do is not goin' right! Everything I do is not goin' right! I don't know what to do, I really don't."
"[holding the black opal] This fuckin' thing makes me feel like I can fly."
"Arno: Howard, you did this to yourself."
"Dinah Ratner: I think you are the most annoying person I have ever met. I hate being with you, I hate looking at you... And if I had my way I would never - see you - again."
"Adam Sandler — Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict"
"LaKeith Stanfield — Demany, an intermediary who recruits clients for Howard"
"Julia Fox — Julia De Fiore, Howard's employee and mistress"
"Kevin Garnett — a fictionalized version of himself during his years with the Boston Celtics"
"Idina Menzel — Dinah Ratner, Howard's wife"
"Eric Bogosian — Arno Moradian, a loan shark married to Dinah's sister"
"Judd Hirsch — Gooey, Howard's father-in-law"
"Keith William Richards — Phil, Arno's quick-tempered lead goon"
"Mike Francesa — Gary, Howard's bookie"
"Jonathan Aranbayev — Eddie Ratner, Howard's elder son"
"Noa Fisher — Marcel Ratner, Howard's daughter"
"The Weeknd — himself"
"Tommy Kominik — Nico, one of Arno's goons"
"Maksud Agadjani — Yussi, Howard's employee"
"Andrea Linsky — Joani, Howard's employee"
"Roman Persits — Roman, the bench jeweler at Howard's shop"
"Arthur Borukhov — Elan, Howard's employee"
"Ronald Greenberg — Rodney Bronstein, a pawnbroker"
"Marshall Greenberg — Steve Bronstein, a pawnbroker"
"Jacob Igielski — Beni Ratner, Howard's younger son"
"Hailey Gates — the receptionist at the Adley's auction house"
"Mitchell Wenig — Larry, one of Howard's creditors"
"Keren Shemel — Eiline Goldfarb, the mother of one of Marcel's classmates"
"Aren Topian — Eric Goldfarb, the father of one of Marcel's classmates"
"Louis Anthony Arias — Buddy, one of Arno's goons"
"Anthony Mecca — Michael, one of Arno's goons"
"Jake Ryan — "Dwarf 2""
"Greg "Mr. Flawless" Yuna — a fictionalized version of himself, a jeweler to celebrities"
"Benjy Kleiner — Aaron, Dinah's brother"
"Josh Ostrovsky — Noah, Dinah's cousin"
"Alexander Gilkes — the Adley's auctioneer"
"Wayne Diamond — the High Roller (a fictionalized version of himself), a fashion designer and gambler"
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.