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Often Poetry, Especially The Sort Of Poetry I Write, Is Concerned With Looking At The Borders Between The Sensual And The Spiritual And Seeing Them As Divided, Equivocal, That Mystery Somehow Can Break In To The Ordinary. And We Read Poetry I Think In Part, To Gain A Sense Of That Intimacy With Things That We Can't Understand That Are Unable To Be Understood But That Buoy Up Our Lives.

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Often Poetry, Especially The

Kevin Hart

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Often Poetry, Especially The Sort Of Poetry I Write, Is Concerned With Looking At The Borders Between The Sensual And The Spiritual And Seeing Them As Divided, Equivocal, That Mystery Somehow Can Break In To The Ordinary. And We Read Poetry I Think In Part, To Gain A Sense Of That Intimacy With Things That We Can't Understand That Are Unable To Be Understood But That Buoy Up Our Lives.

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The End Of The Day

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What You Find I Think In The Mystical Strain Of Catholicism Is That You're Put In Relationship With God, And You Have Many Opportunities Not Only Of Talking With God In Petitionary Prayer, But Also Of Listening To God, Being Attentive To God, As Happens In Contemplation.

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The Best Feeling In The World Is Seeing The Benefits And Rewards Of Hard Work.

My Lady Makes Me Do It. I Sang Whitney Houston's "bodyguard".

The People Around Me Haven't Changed. The People Who Have Been In My Life Since The Beginning Are Still In My Life Now. I Think That Has A Lot To Do With My Staying Grounded And Humble Despite The Success I've Achieved.

All I Can Do Is Try To Create My Own Brand And Have People Appreciate Me For That.

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You Do Projects With The Hope They Will Be Big And Hope They Will Go Beyond What You Imagine.

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Bigger And Better

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You Get One Life. I'm Going To Embrace Mine.

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Overnight Success

Genuinely Love Doing Standup And I'm A Comedian First, So For Me What Makes My Standup Special Is The Fact That I Don't Have To Adapt Or Adjust. I Am Who I Am. I Appeal To Everyone, Hence In The Movie Doing A World Tour.

My Mom Was Very Strict. She Didn't Let Me Watch Anything Rated R Or Anything With Cussing.

What? Okay, Back Up. How In The Hell Do You 'turn Up Missing'?

I Don't Know About Other People, But I Love To Work.

You Might Be The Funniest Guy In The World, But If You Don't Have Anything To Talk About, People Are Eventually Going To Gravitate Towards The Guy That's Actually Saying Something.

My Son Is Becoming Me - Just A Silly, Silly Prankster Guy.

The Most Exciting Thing In The World To Me Is That I'm Doing What I Love To Do, And That I'm Successful Doing It. Pursuing My Dream And Executing It Is Exciting To Me.

I Don't Have To Change Anything. I Think That's The Secret To Comedy. You Want To Be Universal And Appeal To Everyone. You Want To Put Yourself In A Position That No Matter What You're Talking About, Everyone Can Relate To It And Understand It, Because It's An Experience That Everyone Can Go Through. That's What I Pattern My Writing Material And Jokes After. I'm Trying To Maintain A Level Of Realness That My Fans Can Appreciate.

Here's The Thing. We Do A Movie With A Predominantly Black Cast, And It's Put In A Category Of Being A Black Film. When Other Movies Are Done With A Predominantly White Cast, We Don't Call Them A White Film. I'm Trying To Remove The Stigma Off Things They Call Black Films.

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