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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.

Afeni Shakur

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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Bright Give Up Impact Light People Time
The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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Criticism Oneself Son Time
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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Contribution Country Help Measurement Myself People Work
Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Art Children Deep Home Save
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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Absence Death Myself People Presence Thinking
I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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Goodness Grateful Mom Myself Son
Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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Artist Himself Revolution Worth Young
Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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Black History Stop Weapon
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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Daughter Happiness Live Myself Secret
We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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Angry Philosophy
I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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Himself Myself Right Shame
I live with truth.
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Live One Liner Truth
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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Day Missing Myself Son Thankful
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 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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Art Available Children Lost Myself Right Son
The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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