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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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Steve Harvey
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 17
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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.
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My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.
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If a man loves you . . . he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancée, his wife, his baby's mama, something.
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You think that God positioned you here so you can just have it all to yourself? God blesses you to become a blessing. That's the deal.
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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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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.
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Other than my foundation - mentoring programs - everything I do is for money.
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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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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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