I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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I live with truth.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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For me, revolution is around young people with no skills, college education, and coming from everywhere having an economic impact on an entire system which no one notices.
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I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the depth of his humanity.
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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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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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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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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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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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 read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things.
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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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