The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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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We need to read history from the source.
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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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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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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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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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 have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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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 might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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