Angelina Jolie Quotes
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I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'
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All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
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If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.
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To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.
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What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I love coming to work in the morning. What I realized is that I never loved acting. I don't love being in the hair and makeup chair. I don't [love] being in costume. To me the strangest thing is that I've just spent the majority of my life in one aspect of this business, and because I was fortunate enough to become successful I never questioned whether I felt at home and found out later in life that I'm much happier directing.
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A word of advice, don't point your #$%^&^& finger at crazy people
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I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.
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I always work with refugees and I think they are the most amazing people and it's a privilege to spend time with them, so I will always.
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I always hate speculation on the news, so I don't want to be somebody who speculates.
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I'm at a strange place I suppose in my life. I think that what happens when you lose a parent, where you lose-you drop into a different kind of serious.
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People will say what they want to say, and it's okay. And my life will go on, and I need to focus on my life. So, do I need to defend that I'm a decent woman? I sure hope I don't. I know I am.
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If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.
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But we survived, and we're a good family. I just don't want to dedicate one more tear, or watch my mother cry one more time.
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I'm having to do a lot to keep my clothes on and not be cast in girlfriend roles. Some women will say, "I don't want to be a man - I want the opportunities I can get as a woman." Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful and I'm not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent - just like there's a side of me that's vulgar and violent.
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It's very important that people understand that for refugees to come into the USA is very difficult. What upsets me about the whole situation is that people don't know the difference between a migrant and a refugee; they don't have respect for what people are coming from - the people who against it - and they have completely forgotten this is what built our country, the diversity. When it is put forward that masses of people are dangerous, and the actual numbers and the situation are proven to be completely the opposite of the way they're presented publicly, it's horrible.
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No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your own destiny. You can be stronger than a very difficult past and overcome it.
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Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.
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I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them.
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I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.
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Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.
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I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.
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Cause a little trouble. It’s good for you.
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And I didn't know what that meant for a long time. It was only when I began to travel and look and live beyond my home that I understand my responsibility to others.
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Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.