I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
AFENI SHAKUR
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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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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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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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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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 must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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