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If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Basketball Coming Direction Dunk Earning Me Million Most Other People Run Saw Street Were Would Year

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I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Concern Dog Mad Only Whose Winning

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We can't pick out certain incidentals that don't go our way and act like the cops are all bad... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Act Bad Certain Cops Do You Know Go How Know Like Neighborhoods Our Out Pick Some Way Would You

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Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Chess Game Just Know People Pieces Poor Poor People Stupid Too

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Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: About Against Black Black And White Everybody People Poor Poor People Really Rich Rich People Situation Talk Wants White

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Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic their whole life, and they're still poor. And the Republicans don't do anything for poor people, either.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Anything Been Black Both Democratic Doing Either Full Life Neither Parties People Poor Poor People Republicans Still Voting Whole

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For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Black Brainwashed Break Enough Go Good Good Grades Grades Idiot Intelligent Law Make Person Reason School Some Speak Think Thug You

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Racism is here and will always exist, but we can't use it as a crutch.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Always Crutch Exist Here Racism Use Will

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I do not use words like 'liberal' or 'conservative.' You can ask me a question, and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Answer Ask Conquer Conservative Divide Give Liberal Like Me People Question Rich Rich People Television Those Use Will Words You

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The only people who distrust the cops are crooks. They're not out there just harassing innocent people. Maybe sometimes they do. But there's no inherent situation where cops are deliberately out there harassing people.

~Charles Barkley

Topics: Cops Crooks Deliberately Distrust Inherent Innocent Innocent People Just Maybe Only Out People Situation Sometimes Where Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: February 20th, 1963

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