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.
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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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 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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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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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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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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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The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.
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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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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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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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