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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other 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 a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
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