I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURPac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.
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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 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 learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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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I live with truth.
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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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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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Whatever 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.
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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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