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I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.

Charles Barkley

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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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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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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.
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