I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
AFENI SHAKUREven after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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We need to read history from the source.
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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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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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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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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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