"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
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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.“
-Charles Barkley
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