It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.
Tupac ShakurRead
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
Interpretation
The quote expresses the idea that standing up for one's rights and possessions is not wrong.
Tupac Shakur's quote reflects the struggle for justice and the moral imperative to defend one's own rights. It questions societal norms and legal boundaries while highlighting the inherent dignity in fighting for what belongs to oneself, suggesting that this fight is not only justified but honorable.
In practice
During a motivational speech about perseverance and fighting for one's beliefs.
It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.
I'm down for you, so ride with me._x000D_ _x000D_ My enemies your enemies,_x000D_ _x000D_ Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.
Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do, I say what's on my mind.
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
I died on that mountain, too. I left a part of myself up there.
The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We donβt even have to shame ourselves for having these fears. Simply ask your fears, βWhat are you trying to teach me?β Some say that FEAR is merely an acronym for βFalse Evidence Appearing Real.β From Everything Belongs, p. 143
I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.
There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.
There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.
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