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"But there are no cats in America. What are you all afraid of? Cats, cats, cats, cats. Papa told me. Everyone knows it. There are no cats."
"[to Gussie] He's not a rat. He's a cat. He's their boss!"
"You're right, they don't care! And if they did, they would have found me. Well, if they don't care, I don't care! I don't care if I never see them again."
"I'll never find them again anyway. Never. This is my home now."
"I'm your guard, Tiger. Don't make any sudden moves, 'cause I'm crafty and I'm quick. I've got the instincts of a cat. What am I saying? I am a cat!"
"You lost your family? Oh, dear. That's terrible. I lost my family, too. Years ago, I mean. [sobs] Eight brothers. Ten sisters. Three fathers."
"Listen... I like mice- [Fievel cries] Oh, no. Not like that. You see, I don't eat red meat at all. I'm a vegetarian. Oh, a little fish now and then, but what I really like is a nice piece of... shh... broccoli."
"[after Warren fires him] Good. I'm glad. I never liked you. And besides, your music stinks!"
"Hey, Filly! I been lookin' all over for ya! [chuckles] Pardon the expression, but ah, you look like somethin' the cat dragged in. [chuckles again]"
"Stick with me, kid. [Fievel holds on tightly to Tony's arm] Hey, hey, hey! What, are we engaged or something?"
"Remember what Shakespeare said, and I quote: "Opportunity knocks but...er, but..err... but... but... but once! Taken at the tide, 'twill lead to fortune. If denied, 'twill never return"."
"[After his false nose has been shot off by Tony] Disregard the nose! What's in a nose? For a nose by any other name would smell as sweet-[Tony knocks off his false ears]"
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, wait a minute! Who are you gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?"
"Don't worry, gentlemen, don't worry. There are plenty of mice in Hong Kong."
"Hey, I wonder how you say "trust me" in Chinese."
"Papa, why'd they change my name to Tilly?"
"Fievel, this is the last time I take you to America."
"We'll be alright. As long as we're together, we'll be alright."
"Ah, so, Mr. Curious, you've discovered the herring."
"Fievel, you'll get hurt!"
"My Fievel. I thought I would never see you again."
"My son. Now... you are a mouse."
"This is America! We have free speech! We can say "cat" here! Cat, cat, cat, and double-cat!"
"Wait a minute! Honest John, at Tammany Hall."
"Today was the wowst day evewr. Those cats are kiwwing eveweone. They don't even know the diffewences between wich and power! The wetches."
"As you know, I have dedicated my wife to hewping those who awe wess fowtunate than myself....er, that's evewyone. And now, I need you to hewp me."
"We must have a wawwy. You know, a wawwy. A warge gathewing of mice fow a weason."
"Money is not evewething. I know because I have money, and I have evewething. But what awe they worth without fweedom?"
"Wawwen, you'we thwough. Washed up, wuined! Heh... You'ww never get another cent fwom any mouse, anywhere."
"Wewease the secwet weapon!"
"[At the wake of Mickey O'Hare - he is rather intoxicated] Poor lad. So young. He never had a chance to vote. Well, he'll vote from now on. I'll see to that. [Shakily writes Mickey's name on a notebook under "Ghost Votes"]"
"Qu'est-ce que c'est? A little immigrant. Now they are coming by bottle."
"This is just an island at the doorway where I, Henri Le Pigeon, am putting up my Statue of Liberty."
"Now, are you ready to go and find your family?"
"Never say "never"."
"Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America."
"Phillip Glasser - Fievel Mousekewitz (voice)"
"Dom DeLuise - Tiger (voice)"
"Nehemiah Persoff - Papa Mousekewitz (voice)"
"Erica Yohn - Mama Mousekewitz (voice)"
"Amy Green - Tanya Mousekewitz (voice)"
"John Finnegan - Warren T. Rat (voice)"
"Pat Musick - Tony Toponi (voice)"
"Cathianne Blore - Bridget (voice)"
"Neil Ross - Honest John (voice)"
"Madeline Kahn - Gussie Mausheimer (voice)"
"Will Ryan - Digit (voice)"
"Christopher Plummer - Henri (voice)"
"Hal Smith - Moe (voice)"
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.