https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz By: Samuel DeHan en-us 2023-04-03 03:03:08 UTC 2023-04-03 06:18:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f626.png dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541653687 Kevin Hart was an unplanned child. Nancy Hart and Henry Hart had both Kevin and his brother Kenneth as unplanned children.

Quote 1
"And that's how I came into this world: My life began as a lie.  I was unwanted." (7)]]> 2023-04-03 03:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541653687 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541663120 Hart, Kevin. I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons. 2010]]> 2023-04-03 03:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541663120 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541676917 He grew up in North Philadelphia in a tough area. He didn't have a lot of nice things but his dad brought home a dog. They loved it but one family claimed it to be theirs and took it.

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"I suppose that was also my first life lesson: Whats here today may be gone later today. Nothing is permanent." (9)]]> 2023-04-03 03:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541676917 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541698930 Kevin's Dad and Mom usually never got along. They would get in fights and argue. At one point of Kevin's life his dad left for about four years and this played a big part of his life.]]> 2023-04-03 04:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541698930 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541703348 As Kevin's mom was a single mother and his brother was in the military someone had to watch and take of Kevin when he was alone. Ms. Davis would be the one to take care of him when his mom was at work. She was like a second mother.]]> 2023-04-03 04:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541703348 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541707931 The way Kevin's mom tried to make him happy was to keep him busy. This way his mind would always be distracted. But this eventually backfired.

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"All those extracurricular athletics made me strong. Eventually, her beatings didn't hurt anymore." (59)]]> 2023-04-03 04:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541707931 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541711522 Kevin wanted to be popular but had nothing going for him. He didn't have nice clothes, shoes, haircut,and wasn't tall. 

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"I chose to be the funny guy." (67)]]> 2023-04-03 04:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541711522 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541715623 Kevin had to take the SAT test and he thought if you chose ABACAD as your answers would "hack" the test. ]]> 2023-04-03 04:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541715623 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541720995 His mom who's job was now a computer analyst with her own office at UPenn. When his mom would ask him about college he just said that he's not interested. The last thing he wanted to do was another four years of school.

Quote 6
"So what are you gonna do Kev?"
"Something else."
"Like what?"
"I'll figure it out on my own." (75)]]> 2023-04-03 04:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541720995 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541736702 Kevin had no work experience but he eventually got hired at a store called City Sports. Even though his mom still wanted him to be in school and was still trying to get him into a school.]]> 2023-04-03 04:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541736702 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541741945 First he bombed the SATs, then dropped out of community college, left his job, abandoned his plan of becoming a Nike rep, and wanted to switch to comedy. 

Quote 7
"I don't want to go back to City Sports, I really want to give this a chance." (121)]]> 2023-04-03 04:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541741945 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541746985 His dad came back after a while and it was the last thing Kevin expected with his life.]]> 2023-04-03 04:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541746985 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541754373 There was a comedy competition in his area, it was his first chance to show everyone what he's got. He won the competition and won $500, and a custom Jacket. It was his first time hearing his brother say he was proud of him.]]> 2023-04-03 05:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541754373 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541758066 He's becoming a bigger name in Philadelphia. People who didn't even know him would say he's funny. He would also be at every show he could and started to make some money.

Quote 8 
"I wasn't "The new guy" in Philadelphia anymore. Everyone knew my name. " (135)]]> 2023-04-03 05:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541758066 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541765675 Berry Katz was one of the biggest comedy managers in New York and wanted to meet with Kevin. Berry wanted to work with Kevin but he said no.

Quote 9
"Saying no to the biggest comedy managers in New York was one of the hardest things I had to do in my career." (179) ]]> 2023-04-03 05:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541765675 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541772094 Kevin learned a life lesson from all the obstacles he's had in his life. He learned that sometimes you got to take three steps back to know that there's a lot more steps you can still take backward.]]> 2023-04-03 05:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541772094 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541785022 Nancy Hary passed away in 2007. Keven and his brother sat with her in the hospital for hours every day with her. Soon after, Kevin returned to Australia where he got the news that his mother had passed.

Quote 10
"I had chose not to lose my mom, and instead to gain an angel." (271)]]> 2023-04-03 05:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541785022 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541797440 Kevin Hart made a big deal with Hollywood and was in the movie Soul Plane. After a lot of confusion with the movie weather Kevin was going to be in it or not he finally got in it.]]> 2023-04-03 05:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541797440 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541801548 Kevin Hart has had a lot of success even with the rough start he had it is the reason he is this successful now. He has been in over 50 movies and a ton of comedy shows. He even has his own talk show and podcast. ]]> 2023-04-03 05:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541801548 dehansam000 https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541806920 He hated his childhood but it was essential for building his character. Now he has 4 kids and gives them the opportunities that he never had. He is always striving to have his kids do better at everything than he was as a kid like school. 

Bonus quote 
"Growing up, the best thing I ever had was nothing." (367)]]> 2023-04-03 05:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dehansam000/bauvwaxkr7csssyz/wish/2541806920