Afeni Shakur Quotes

My mom's made it clear to me that, like, there's no trust fund.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.

No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.

I always thought I'd buy my mother a house if I ever became successful - a big, beautiful house on the nicest street in town. It didn't exactly work out that way. I was still borrowing money from her in my 40s.

If you come to our country, don't expect to be taken care of, to be looked after, that your children will be educated without charge.

Being able to provide for your kids in a way that maybe your parents couldn't do for you is a great feeling.

I've had no money, absolutely, from my family. They paid for a good education - or schools that purported to be a good education - but, um, not a dime.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

I have amazing parents. They had worked hard all their lives for me, and when I started to make money, I wanted to be able to take care of them.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

Since I don't come from a privileged background, I couldn't afford to be irresponsible with career decisions. I wrote two books alongside my job and resigned only when I realised I can make a living.

I live very well, but I support a lot of relatives.

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

I got a family house for everybody to live in - my mom, my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don't come from any money. So once I get them settled in, in a nice house, then I'll branch out and see if I can get something else.

I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

I spend my own money, not other people's money.

I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.

I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten a dime since then. I have no trust fund. I wish I did.

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.