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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

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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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I don’t have time to put up with the politics. Who’s a Democrat? Who’s a Republican? Who’s liberal? Who’s conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That’s what I’m concerned about.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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Being black or white isn’t an accomplishment. What you do with your life – or what you accomplish with your life – dictates what you should be proud of.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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I’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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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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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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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 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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