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There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious.

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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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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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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 want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.
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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 don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.
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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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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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It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' First of all, quit telling me what I think. I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play.
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Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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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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