--- title: "1 Life Anger Quotes By Afeni Shakur" description: "1 Life Anger quotes by Afeni Shakur. Plus more from Afeni Shakur and more Life Anger sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/afeni-shakur-12962_anger_i-spent-43-years-of-my-life-in-anger-and_2921136.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-spent-43-years-of-my-life-in-anger-and-i-know-what-it-can-do-now-i/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/afeni-shakur-12962_anger_i-spent-43-years-of-my-life-in-anger-and_2921136.jpg) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/that-s-what-people-are-who-have-that-impact-on-us-they-are-ahead-of/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I'm not a filmmaker. I'm not a music producer by choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-m-not-a-filmmaker-i-m-not-a-music-producer-by-choice/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac's entire body of work is made available for his fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-believe-it-is-our-responsibility-to-make-sure-that-tupac-s-entire/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-think-people-have-gotten-to-know-tupac-much-better-since-he-s-been/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-wake-up-every-day-and-think-everything-sure-is-awful-but-then-i-ask/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-miss-my-son-every-day-a-little-bit-more-but-i-thank-god-every-day/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/whatever-else-anyone-says-he-was-he-may-have-been-but-tupac-really/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I just need to do Pac's work. I just need to. Maybe because I'm a recovering addict, I'm obsessed like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-just-need-to-do-pac-s-work-i-just-need-to-maybe-because-i-m-a/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/in-the-1960s-the-civil-rights-movement-was-about-getting-to-know-your/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/tupac-loved-to-read-books-were-a-constant-part-of-his-life/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/pac-was-special-he-was-articulate-i-trained-him-punishment-for-him/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [Arts can save children, no matter what's going on in their homes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/arts-can-save-children-no-matter-what-s-going-on-in-their-homes/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [Trust me, you can't change anything without causing some degree of disruption. It's impossible, that is exactly what change is. Some people are uncomfortable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/trust-me-you-can-t-change-anything-without-causing-some-degree-of/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don't take responsibility for what you did wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-to-you-is-if-you-don-t-take/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) > [I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/i-know-that-my-son-was-an-honest-person-and-an-honest-artist-and-what/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-anger/afeni-shakur/#itemlist", "name": "1 Life Anger Quotes By Afeni Shakur", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do... 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