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Steve Harvey, born on January 17, 1957, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his role on the television show 'Family Feud' and for hosting popular shows such as 'American Idol' and 'The Steve Harvey Show'.

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“Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before it, especially in our community.”

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“I don't have 'The Jerry Springer Show'. I just got 'Family Feud', but some of them families, when they lose, man, they have some real conversations with each other back behind that wall, but I've never been involved in any of them.”

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“I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.”

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“I don't rehearse on either of my shows, 'Family Feud' or my talk show. I never rehearse with the guests. I don't want to have any preconceived thoughts, notions, because that kills my creativity as a host and as a stand up.”

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“I don't want people to see me fall. I mean, I got enough people cheering for me to fall now... The Internet has created some amazing place for evil to exist, you dig?”

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“I never say "nagging". I think that "nagging" is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created.”

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“I think there are so many books out there written on relationships and romance that women are the authors of. How can women know exactly how men think? And there are so many guys out there with relationship books who are just not telling the truth. They have shaded parts.”

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“I'd have to say I'm most proud of my mentoring camp that I do in Dallas every year for one hundred boys from single-parent homes. I was raised by a mother who was a Sunday school teacher and a father who worked hard. Together they taught me to give back.”

“I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.”

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“I'm just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting for God Almighty. Don't you think you got to be perfect 'cause I ain't.”

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“If you'd asked me then if I saw how big "The Steve Harvey Morning Show" was going to be, I couldn't tell you. But I knew I could reach people not as a character but as Steve Harvey, because although I tell jokes for a living, I've also lived, and I think I can relate to you more than you know.”

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“One of the biggest misconceptions that a woman has is that a man has to accept her the way she is. No, we don't. I don't know who told you that. We like the bright and shiny. If you stop wearing the makeup, stop putting on nail polish, stop wearing high heels, you'll lose us.”

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“The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.”

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“There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Christ. That, hands down, blows away every joke I've ever written.”

Has Beens Hands Christ Written Jokes Blow Meaningful Introduction

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“To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.”

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“I'm still very much a Christian and have a great relationship with God. I love Him, but one of my flaws is that I cuss.”

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“The truth is I've always been a Christian. What's amazing, is that the flaws that come with Christianity are really weird, because mine have a microphone and a camera attached to them. Most people don't have to live under that microscope.”

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“Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter.”

Men Want Needs Matter Men And Women

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“TV is a different animal. I belong on that little screen. The big silver screen, not so much, 'cause I've seen my face up close when it's 25-feet tall. I'm okay as long as you keep me in that little box.”

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“If I were an animal, I'd probably be a bald eagle, since I'm already bald and I love to fish. But I'd probably be a shaky-ass eagle because I'm afraid of flying.”

Ifs Animal Fishes Flying Ass Eagles Bald Eagle

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“If you don't have a base - you can't not have a spiritual base and survive. That's probably what has kept me out of the tabloids. Then I go home, I've got a family, and I keep my wife in front of my head.”

Ifs Home Spiritual Wife Fronts My Wife Tabloids

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“There's no such thing as luck. These are blessings. God endows them upon you. He makes you a blessing to become a blessing.”

Blessing Luck No Such Thing As Luck

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“When people think you are speaking against them as a group, they try to shut it down out here.”

People Thinking Trying Groups

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“People don't like to hear the truth out here cause the truth makes them think.”

People Thinking Causes

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“I can't cuss and tell jokes the rest of my life. I gotta say something meaningful. I gotta give something back to a Creator who has given so much to me.”

Giving I Can Given Jokes Creator Meaningful

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“Everybody by your side ain't on your side”

Sides Your Side

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“I'm not a good mother at all.”

Mother Good Mother

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“There many guys out there who are actually fishing for a woman whom they are planning on keeping. But there are guys out there who are just sports fishing - catching them and then throwing them back into the ocean.”

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“It's a woman's right to know a man's intentions upfront. Because, once you get emotionally attached to a man and you sleep with him, it's too late.”

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“Too many women have given up the power over the years because men have created the terms.”

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“Anyone can sleep with a guy in 24-48 hours, but you're sending the wrong signal to the guy if you do that.”

Ifs Guy Hours Sleep Signals 48 Hours

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“The cookie is the critical part. It's a word I created for sex and you've got to give a man all three things. If you miss one out, he is going to find it somewhere else.”

Ifs Men Giving Three Sex Missing Critical Cookies Somewhere Else Three Things

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“Love is never going to go out of style, a man is always going to want to have the love of a woman. She just needs a game plan to work out how to get his love.”

Men Want Needs Games Love Is Plans Style Work Out His Love Game Plan

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“The [Steve Harvey] foundation started originally about the educational needs of children. But, as I got into it more and more, one of my main objectives became mentoring programs for young African American men because that's our problem in our community - it's the African American men.”

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“I don't see the women as a problem. The women are doing all they can do. They're heading up households; they're single parents; they're breadwinners; they're the 'mamas,' they're the 'daddies,' they're the 'uncles.' They take the kids to school; they take them to doctors, you know? They take them to games. I see it all the time.”

Knows Problem Kids School Games Parent Can Do Doctors Household Uncles Daddy Mama Headings Single Parent Breadwinner

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“The problem in our community is not the women - I mean, they've done all they can do.”

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“You can't ask the women to do anymore. It's time for us as Black men to step up and be what we're supposed to be.”

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“I found that the best way to go about [ Black men ] is to produce better men. And I think if we get them at a younger age, and start teaching these young brothers the principles of manhood: That real men go to work everyday; Real men honor God; Real men respect and adore women - that's what real men do.”

Ifs Thinking Men Way Real Age Young Found Black Principles Teaching Produce Brother Honor Everyday Best Way Adore Manhood Real Men Better Man Young Brother

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“Our only teachers and role models for our young men cannot be, you know, videos, and, the hip hop community.”

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“The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view of manhood for our young men.”

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“If you think "sagging," and, how many women you've got, and how big a chain you've got, and how much dope you're slangin', and how much money you've got in your pocket makes you a "man," then you're sadly mistaken. You're going to be a misguided soul your entire life.”

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“The mentoring program [of the Steve Harvey foundation] is to teach young boys the principles of manhood.”

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“Man didn't put me in this place [in entertaining industry]. I'm in this position because of God. And so, if man didn't put me in this place, I really don't see no man that can take me out of here.”

Ifs Men Position Industry Take Me Entertaining

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“I think that once you lose your fear, and understand that your position is God-given, then, if you lose your fear of what man can do, it enables you to do some things that God wants you to do.”

Ifs Thinking Men Want Given Can Do Loses Position

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“At one point in time, you've just got to be a brave soldier, and speak up. What are you scared of, you know? So many of our entertainers have that fear because we're afraid of opposition.”

Knows Speak Brave Soldier Scared Opposition Entertainers Brave Soldiers

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“I talked to Minister [Louis] Farrakhan many times about this subject - there is our reality that we have to deal with on an ongoing basis because we have to exist in order for certain things to get done.”

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“You have to pick your places to "step up" and you have you pick your spots. If you're just going to run out there, and, just be what/who you want to be, then you won't be that long.”

Ifs Want Long Running Steps Picks Spots Step Up

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“Through a lot of conversations with the Minister [Louis Farrakhan] you've got to know when to say something. But if you are forever going to be afraid to say anything, then you become irrelevant - as a force. I mean, so the God-given gift that you got, you're not a relevant player in the game - you're just a dude whose got money, got a big house and some cars.”

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“I've always been this way. My father taught this to me. Here's the thing, you have to understand; the thing about having money: Money and fame don't change you, all it does is allow you to be more of who you are anyway.”

Way Doe Father Taught Fame Who You Are Don't Change Money And Fame

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“If you ain't nothing when you get money and fame, you're just going to be more nothing. If you don't stand for nothing, when you get money and fame, you ain't suddenly fin to stand for nothing! You're just fin to be richer and more famous - standing for nothing!”

Ifs Fame Standing Get Money Fins Money And Fame

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About the Author

Born: January 17, 1957
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 165

Books & Sources

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and CommitmentRelated source material

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