"Sometimes, the way of fate is a cruel one, " mutters "The Wolfman's" standard-issue, Maria Ouspenskaya-inspired creepy gypsy woman (a befossiled Geraldine Chaplin).

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He mutters, "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, " as he continues to shoot video of first responders clearing debris.

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" Walking past, a disgruntled young man mutters: "This is our home.

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Tense and watchful, they lean forward whenever their guru mutters something.

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He mutters barely decipherable words, in what seems like broken English.

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She mutters something in Pashto, and the couple translate for me.

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But there were off-the-record mutters that this was all somewhat premature.

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His wife, Sona Khatum, comes from an impoverished family in one of India's poorest states, though village rumour mutters that she may be an illegal migrant from Bangladesh.

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