Omari Hardwick Quotes
To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to be there. I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.
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I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.
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In 'Seven Ancient Wonders,' Jack West and his team break someone out of Guantanamo Bay. I'm not going to preach to people and say, 'Guantanamo Bay, bad', but I will have my hero go and break somebody out of it, and maybe people will think about it that way.
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Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner.
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Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.
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To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.
