I wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
AFENI SHAKURRevolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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 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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I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.
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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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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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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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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That’s what art is for me. It helps you maintain hope by giving you the ability to either create outside your reality, or to describe your reality.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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.
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I live with truth.
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We need to read history from the source.
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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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