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 SHAKURI think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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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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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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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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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We need to read history from the source.
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I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
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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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