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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure.
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I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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I'm still going to Disney World.
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Sometimes I have to criticize guys to try to make it fun, I mean, I'm out there trying to bust other people. I want all these guys to do well, but when they do something stupid or don't play well, I try not to kill 'em, I try to make 'em laugh a little bit.
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I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.
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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'
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They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because as a black person, I can't be in for any form of discrimination at all.
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Everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too.
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I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
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I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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Most sportswriters don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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Only poor people go to jail.
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He's got to bring something stronger than that. That's like bringing milk to a bar, it's not strong enough
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What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.
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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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If you are an ugly woman, you have no chance of getting a TV job.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they're still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn't do much for them.
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