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 BARKLEYPeople always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he’s been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.
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There’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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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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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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Social media is where losers go to feel important.
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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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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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