Angelina Jolie Quotes
When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Even through 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League,' I have yet to have that instant recognition and at such an early stage, where people totally didn't know my name, but they knew my face immediately.
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Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.
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We all come to the point where it's time to get yourself straight, as a businesswoman, a mother, whatever you are in life. It's tough love but it's also being real with yourself. It's important to take those rose-coloured glasses off and see what's going on.
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Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore, it is not wise to hear and remember the unkind things others might say about you.
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The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
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Guys like Todd Bridges never overcame being a child star. You can't have any big failures. I've always felt regular. I played organized ball at the rec league. At 13, they told me I sold 3 million copies. I didn't know what that meant.
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When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.
