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"Forget about it," it's like, uh, if you agree with someone. You know, like, "Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass, forget about it." But then, if you disagree, like, "A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it!" You know? But then, it's also like, if something is the greatest thing in the world, like, "Minghia, those peppers! Forget about it!" But it's also like saying "go to hell," too. You know, like, uh, "Hey, Paulie, you got a one-inch pecker," and Paulie says, "Forget about it!"... Sometimes it just means, uh, "forget about it."
"If I come out alive, this guy, Lefty, ends up dead. That's the same thing as me putting the bullet in his head myself."
"All my life I've tried to be the good guy, the guy in the white fucking hat. And for what? For nothing. I'm not becoming like them; I am them."
"In all the five boroughs, I'm known, forget about it. I'm known all over the fuckin' world. Anybody, ask anybody about Lefty from Mulberry Street, eh? You pissin' up the wrong fuckin' tree, my friend."
"I never hear from my boss until he dies, then my whole life gets turned upside down!"
"In our thing, you get sent for, you go in alive, you come out dead, and it's your best friend that does it."
"How much money did you give that guy? A wiseguy never pays for his drinks."
"Who the fuck am I? Who am I? I'm a, a spoke on a wheel. And so was he, and so are you."
"And listen to me, if Donnie calls... , tell him... if it was gonna be anyone, I'm glad it was him. All right?"
"A wise guy's always right. Even when he's wrong, he's right."
"I'd die with you, Donnie."
"I got cancer of the prick."
"[talking to Donnie] When I introduce you, I'm gonna say, "This is a friend of mine." That means you're a connected guy. Now if I said instead, "This is a friend of ours," that would mean you're a made guy. A Capisce?"
"Anywhere you go, all around the world, all the best cooks are men."
"I wish I had that boat again, that Bertram. I'd get in my car with Annette, I'd drive down to the pier... I'd get on that boat, and I'd go. East, west, north, south, nobody ever finding me."
"C'mon Donnie. Help me fillet this fat fuck. [Lefty kills him]"
"The good news is, my dick is now a popsicle!"
"Donnie Brasco. Based On A True Story."
"In 1978, the US government waged a war against organized crime. One man was left behind the lines."
"Al Pacino - Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero"
"Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco/Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone"
"Michael Madsen - Sonny Black"
"Bruno Kirby - Nicky"
"Robert Miano - Sonny Red"
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.