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To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.

Charles Barkley

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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss's wife having sex with a monkey.
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People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.
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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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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.
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I'm afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I've got a whole cemetery full of them.
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I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement.
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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 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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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It's kinda great to see the Celtics doin well again cuz that was so much fun in my day to go to the Boston Garden and they spit at you and throw things at you and talk about your mom. It sounds like dinner at Kenny Smith's house.
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There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.
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They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.
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Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
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Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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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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There's no medical term for what I've got.
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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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All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.
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