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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.

Charles Barkley

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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.
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This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.
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