Everything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such love for his work and his people.
AFENI SHAKURAll we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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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 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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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’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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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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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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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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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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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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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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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