I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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 might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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We need to read history from the source.
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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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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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 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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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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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