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Acting Helped Me As I Was Growing Up. It Helped Me Learn About Myself, Helped Me Travel, Helped Me Understand Life, Express Myself, All Those Wonderful Things. So I'm Very, Very Grateful; It's A Fun Job. It's A Luxury.

-Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie

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Acting Helped Me As I Was Growing Up. It Helped Me Learn About Myself, Helped Me Travel, Helped Me Understand Life, Express Myself, All Those Wonderful Things. So I'm Very, Very Grateful; It's A Fun Job. It's A Luxury.

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I'm With A Man Who's Evolved Enough To Look At My Body And See It As More Beautiful Because Of The Journey It Has Taken.

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.

I Grew Up As This Very Carefree, Happy Kid Then Things Turned Darker For Me. Maybe It Was Because I Saw That The World Wasn't As Happy A Place As I Had Hoped It Would Be For Me.

First And Foremost Comes My Family And My Life With Brad. We Have So Much Joy In Raising Our Children And Teaching Them About The World That Nothing Really Compares To That.

Nature Is About Balance. All The World Comes In Pairs - Yin And Yang, Right And Wrong, Men And Women; Whats Pleasure Without Pain?

We Did Work Together Surprisingly Well, More Than I Thought We Would, Because I Didn't Know Before We Met If We Would Actually Work Together Really Well, And We Had A Great Time.

Working Together

Had A Great Time

I Don't Understand Why Some Things Are Talked About And Others Are Not. I Don't Know Why I Think I Can Make Any Kind Of Difference. All I Know Is That I Want To.

I'm Very Careful With My Emotions, And I Don't Let Them Run Free. If I'm Upset, It's Usually For A Very Good, Very Deep Reason.

They're Right To Think That About Me, Because I'm The Person Most Likely To Sleep With My Female Fans, I Genuinely Love Other Women. And I Think They Know That.

I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play. Despite The Public Perception, I Am A Very Private Person Who Has A Hard Time With The Fame Thing.

When I Was Little, Like Maleficent, I Was Told That I Was Different - And I Felt Out Of Place, And Too Loud, Too Full Of Fire, Never Good At Sitting Still, Never Good At Fitting In. And Then One Day I Realized Something, Something I Hope You All Realize. Different Is Good.

I 've Been Married So Much In My Life That I Never Really Had Lovers, So It's Been A Fun Time. Hopefully The Men Are Enjoying It As Well.

I Removed The Window [tattoo] Because, While I Used To Spend All My Time Looking Out Through Windows Wishing To Be Outside, I Now Live There All The Time.

Acting Helped Me As I Was Growing Up. It Helped Me Learn About Myself, Helped Me Travel, Helped Me Understand Life, Express Myself, All Those Wonderful Things. So I'm Very, Very Grateful; It's A Fun Job. It's A Luxury.

I Am Working For A Better United Nations. Nothing Is Perfect. You Should Never Rely On Only One Source, But Rather Rely On Those You Believe In The Most.

When You Have Kids It's Nice To Have A Place Where They Can Always Return To And Some Place Where They Will Grow Up In, But I Never Had That. I'm Not Attached To Things And Places. I Like That We [the Family] Keep Moving. It's A Nomadic Life, And I Think That's A Great Life. I'm Excited When We Take Our Kids To A New Country And They Don't Just Immediately Look For The Comforts Of Home. They Blend Into That Country. Send Them To Any Place In The World And They Won't Be Scared. They'll Just Feel Like They Can Make Friends There.

I'd Like To Believe That The People That Have Supported Me In My Work Or Identified With Me In Films, The People That Feel They Know Me, They Do And They Don't Have Misconceptions - They Understand. I Believe That.

I Like Everything. Boyish Girls, Girlish Boys, The Heavy And The Skinny. Which Is A Problem When I'm Walking Down The Street.

It's A Natural Thing For A Child To Lose A Parent. I Lost My Mom Too Young But It Happened. And I'm Happy She's Out Of Pain, 'cause I Love Her And She's My Friend.

I Never Save Things And I Never Take Pictures. I Wanna Live In The Moment. I Don't Wanna Be Focusing On The Past.

Live In The Moment

If We Cannot End The Conflict, We Have An Inescapable Moral Duty To Help Refugees And Provide Legal Avenues To Safety.

There Is No Greater Pillar Of Stability Than A Strong, Free And Educated Woman, And There Is No More Inspiring Role Model Than A Man Who Respects And Cherishes Women And Champions Their Leadership.

To Be In Any Way A Positive Contribution, That's All Anybody Wants To Be. It's All I've Ever Wanted To Be. I Wanted To Be An Artist, Be A Mother. You Want To Feel That In Your Life You've Been Of Use, In Whatever Way That Comes Out.

Cause A Little Trouble. It’s Good For You.

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.

With My Family, I'm Trying To Raise Them To Have Respect For All People And Make Friends Around The World And Feel At Home With The World And Really Live A Truly Global Life Because I Think It's What Forms Them And It's Really Important To Me.

Save One-third, Live On One-third, And Give Away One-third

It's Getting Harder To Make Decisions To Work For The Sake Of Working. Like Everybody, I'm Trying To Find Things That Are Extremely Challenging Or Mean Something To Me Deeply. Sometimes Something Like The Tourist Comes Up And It's Just Fun, But It's Not As Easy To Find Projects That I Have To Do. I Have To Be Home And I Have To Do Other Things, But I Don't Have To Work As Much.

War Is So Complex; Human Nature Is So Complex. There's No Filmmaker Who Has Ever Figured It Out Perfectly.

I Loved Being On The Other Side Of The Camera. I Loved Watching Another Actress In The Spotlight, Do An Extraordinary Job, And I Loved Making Her Beautiful And Interesting, Protecting Her Emotions, And Showing People Her Talent.

There Doesn't Need To Be A God For Me. There's Something In People That's Spiritual, That's Godlike. I Don't Feel Like Doing Things Just Because People Say Things, But I Also Don't Really Know If It's Better To Just Not Believe In Anything, Either.

I Do Not Feel Any Less Of A Woman. I Feel Empowered That I Made A Strong Choice That In No Way Diminishes My Femininity.

My Role As Goodwill Ambassador Has Made My Work As A Film Star Relatively Dull. I Can`t Find Anything That Interests Me Enough To Go Back To Work. I`m Simply Not Excited About Anything. I`m Not Excited About Going To A Film Set.

Barefoot Or First Thing In The Morning, I Feel Beautiful. I Didn't Always Feel That Way, But I Feel That Way Now. When Somebody Loves You, And When You Make Somebody Else Happy, When Your Presence Seems To Make Them Happy, You Suddenly Feel Like The Most Beautiful Person In The World.

I'd Like There To Be Less Refugees. I'd Like All Girls To Go To School. That's What We Need To Be Thinking About, And Working On Making Our Own Families Good And Strong And Our Own Kids Happy.

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