I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
AFENI SHAKURThat’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.
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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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 have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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 live with truth.
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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.
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That’s what people are who have that impact on us. They are ahead of their time. They can’t help it. They get put into a small, frail body, and they are given a light that is much too bright for that cavity.
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We need to read history from the source.
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