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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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Famous Steve Harvey Quotes

“All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love.”

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“I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!”

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“God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.”

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“Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.”

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“A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are.”

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“Women are the real reason we get up every day. I'm talking about real men. If there were no women, I would not even have to bathe, because why would I care? These are guys I'm hanging with. I wake up for a woman every day of my life to make it happen for her.”

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“The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high.”

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“How can smart women be so stupid about men sometimes? Lack of knowledge. It's what men have kept secret for so long.”

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“Men don't come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan. We're looking across the room at you, and we don't care about your hopes and dreams. We don't care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted.”

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“I'm not a doctor. I just have a tremendous amount of common sense.”

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“Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.”

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“I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so many millions of our young people. And they listenin'.”

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“You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.”

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“You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.”

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“I don't think it's cool for people to say, 'You shouldn't reference God because I don't believe that, and I don't want to hear it.' Well, there's a lot of stuff I don't believe that I still gotta hear.”

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“You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.”

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“A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.”

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“You have nothing if you're texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push 'reply all.' I mean, since we're lying, we might as well lie to everybody.”

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

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“The only way woman can truly be completely satisfied is to get herself four different men--an old one, an ugly one, a Mandingo, and a gay guy.”

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“If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it.”

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“Act like a lady think like a man”

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“Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort."~Steve Harvey”

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“Your dream has to be bigger than your fear.”

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“Your career is what you're paid for. Your calling is what you're made for.”

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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

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

Act Like a Success, Think Like a SuccessRelated source material

男人的上半身去哪了?Related source material

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