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I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you'll be successful, and that's not fair.
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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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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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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
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I'm still going to Disney World.
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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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He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.
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