I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURI read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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 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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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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I live with truth.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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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 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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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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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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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I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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