Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
AFENI SHAKURPac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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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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 read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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 learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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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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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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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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We need to read history from the source.
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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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