Angelina Jolie Quotes
We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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I'm not a control freak.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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There was a summer during which the whole South Shore of Oahu, you could see the bleached coral almost across all of the surfing spots. And so it's gone from an issue that only environmentalists cared about to an issue that almost everybody in the state of Hawaii cares about, because it's really affecting our quality of life.
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I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.
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I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.
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I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.
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We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians.
