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Only poor people go to jail.
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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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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 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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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