Poor white people and poor black people just don’t know how much they have in common. Rich people don’t give a damn about either group.
CHARLES BARKLEYPoor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities.
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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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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
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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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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
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I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
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