Charles Barkley Quotes
Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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I love working with women.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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I feel completely fearless when I'm on stage. And also totally fearful. There's the fear that I'm not making a very smart career move sometimes, but there's the stronger belief that these things need to be said.
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By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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I enjoyed entertaining people since I was a little girl. There was nothing better than making people laugh. That, and the need to express myself in a safe environment.
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We know that people who are born with shorter telomeres than normal also have a shorter lifespan. We know that shorter telomeres can cause a shorter lifespan.
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If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.
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Everybody wants to talk about black and white, when the situation is really about rich people against poor people.
