I live with truth.
AFENI SHAKUREverything 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don’t live behind secrets, we don’t live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
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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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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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I think what it was is that Tupac was extremely passionate, very honest and raw in his approach to communicating. He understood communicating. And I think he just did it from a deep place within.
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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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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