We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
AFENI SHAKURWhatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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That’s what Tupac and I got from my dad – the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for being different.
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People can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.
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Everything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such love for his work and his people.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
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I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food. I could only have what was there.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
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That’s just the way life is. We have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to pay the price for what’s right – and for what we do wrong. That’s one of the things that I love about my son. My son was always willing to take his weight.
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I wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
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That’s what art is for me. It helps you maintain hope by giving you the ability to either create outside your reality, or to describe your reality.
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
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