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The Kind Of Love That God Has For Us, I Think, Is Of An Infinite Longing For Union, And The Kind Of Love That God Wants Us To Have For Him, I Think, Is Of This Also Endless Longing. Now In Eros We Lose Ourselves. I Think Erotic Love Transforms Us, But It Does So Only Momentarily. It Has To Be Embedded In Something Much Longer, A Much Bigger Narrative Called Marriage Or Durable Relationship Or Something Like That.

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The Kind Of Love

Kevin Hart

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The Kind Of Love That God Has For Us, I Think, Is Of An Infinite Longing For Union, And The Kind Of Love That God Wants Us To Have For Him, I Think, Is Of This Also Endless Longing. Now In Eros We Lose Ourselves. I Think Erotic Love Transforms Us, But It Does So Only Momentarily. It Has To Be Embedded In Something Much Longer, A Much Bigger Narrative Called Marriage Or Durable Relationship Or Something Like That.

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I Just Want To Be A Great Example To Younger Kids.

People May Hate You For Being Different And Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,they Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.

Being Different

My Rule Is To Save Myself First.

The Relationship We Have With God Is Not The Same Over A Life; Sometimes, As With Human Relationships, It Goes Through Bad Patches And Sometimes It Becomes Very Intense. It Is A Terrifying Thing To Have A Relationship With One's Creator, To Spend One's Life So That One Is Trying To Converge With One's Creator Seems An Extraordinarily Difficult And Sublime Thing. But At The Same Time It's Extremely Simple. One Of The Things Which Perpetually Amazes Me Is That At Any Moment Or Any Day, Anyone Who Is Alive Can Talk With The Creator Of The Cosmos.

Hollywood Has A Way Of Making Everything Seem Like An Overnight Success.

Overnight Success

You See Some Of The Weirdest People In Detroit Casinos.

This Younger Generation That's Around, That's Tweeting, Facebooking And Vine-ing, The Fans Appreciate That Because They Feel Like They Can Get To You.

I'm Not The Most Attractive Fella. I'm Not A Billy Dee Williams. Personality Is Everything.

Comedy's About Opening Up And Being Unique, But To A Point Where The Audience Can Relate To What You're Saying.

People Don't Want To Hear About Me Having Leather Walls Or Gold Toilets.

I Like The Fact That Now My Understanding For Entertainment And The Entertainment Business Is Completely Different From What It Was When I First Came In. I Get The Business Side Of It.

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