I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
AFENI SHAKURI wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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People can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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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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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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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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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 live with truth.
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I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
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