We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
AFENI SHAKURI have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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I live with truth.
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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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I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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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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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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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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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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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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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