I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
AFENI SHAKURI believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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I live with truth.
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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.
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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’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don’t live behind secrets, we don’t live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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I think what it was is that Tupac was extremely passionate, very honest and raw in his approach to communicating. He understood communicating. And I think he just did it from a deep place within.
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In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.
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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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We need to read history from the source.
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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 must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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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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I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
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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 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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I just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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