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
There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated
Interpretation
The speaker acknowledges their inability to repay a debt of gratitude, but intends to show appreciation in other meaningful ways.
This quote conveys a deep sense of gratitude and recognition towards someone who has had a positive impact on the speaker's life. Although the speaker feels that they cannot repay the individual directly, they express a commitment to demonstrating appreciation and understanding through their actions and attitude, indicating that true gratitude can be shown in many forms beyond mere financial repayment.
In practice
In a speech to thank supporters for their help during difficult times.
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.
Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.
In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
I remember talking to someone early on after I was sober about how I suddenly felt awkward at parties. They said, 'Well, you're supposed to. Everyone feels awkward at parties.' It's an appropriate feeling to feel.
A relationship is more of an assignment than a choice. We can walk away from the assignment, but we cannot walk away from the lessons it presents. We stay with a relationship until a lesson is learned, or we simply learn it another way.
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. Her inarticulateness made us believe we were eloquent. Her poverty kept us generous. Even her waking dreams we used--to silence our own nightmares.
I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.
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