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

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Charles Barkley
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 20
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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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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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If you are an ugly woman, you have no chance of getting a TV job.
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I'm not a role model.
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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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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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I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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I'm never embarassed.
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Everything gets blamed on the Clintons, every single thing in this world. I think Bill Clinton shot JFK, too.
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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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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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Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.
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There's no medical term for what I've got.
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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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I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)
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There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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I didnt wear the pink panties because I didnt want America going crazy with excitement.
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I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
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