Afeni Shakur Quotes
Tupac used to comment on people who criticized him for cursing, as a matter of fact he said, this is just about verbatim, ‘As I walked into this hall, I passed a young child who was hungry. There is not a bigger curse than a young child hungry’.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
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Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.
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Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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In college, I wanted to be a child psychologist. Acting was just something on the side to make money. And it was fun.
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One child is never enough for a monarch.
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I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.
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I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.
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As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.
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I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.
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It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
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Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.
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It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it.
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Some actors are like flowers basking in the sun - they love the attention, and the fans get what they want. With me it's different. I know the fans aren't getting what they want. And I'm certainly not getting what I want.
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I don't get her. I don't think the song or the concept is as cool as people say it is. She's supposed to be this high fashion person, but I don't think the music fits. It's not particularly edgy.
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Tupac used to comment on people who criticized him for cursing, as a matter of fact he said, this is just about verbatim, ‘As I walked into this hall, I passed a young child who was hungry. There is not a bigger curse than a young child hungry’.
