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Breast Cancer Alone Kills Some 458,000 People Each Year, According To The World Health Organization, Mainly In Low- And Middle-income Countries. It Has Got To Be A Priority To Ensure That More Women Can Access Gene Testing And Lifesaving Preventive Treatment, Whatever Their Means And Background, Wherever They Live.

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Breast Cancer Alone Kills

Angelina Jolie

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Breast Cancer Alone Kills Some 458,000 People Each Year, According To The World Health Organization, Mainly In Low- And Middle-income Countries. It Has Got To Be A Priority To Ensure That More Women Can Access Gene Testing And Lifesaving Preventive Treatment, Whatever Their Means And Background, Wherever They Live.

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I've Often Felt Unattractive Or Different Looking. As I've Grown Up, I've Felt More Comfortable In My Own Skin. It May Sound Cliche, But When You Feel Beautiful And Strong On The Inside, It Shows On The Outside.

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Imperfect Person

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I Always Hate Speculation On The News, So I Don't Want To Be Somebody Who Speculates.

It Doesn't Take Courage To Drink Too Much And Be Wild Or Jump Around. That Doesn't Take Any Kind Of Boldness, Just Riding A Motorcycle Or Whatever The Idea Of Being Tough Is. Tough Is Having Four Kids. Tough Is Committing To Life And Being Disciplined.

Brad Got Me This Great Thing For Christmas. It's A Bookshelf That Has A Book On Every Religion. That's How We Plan To Raise Our Kids. Teach Them About All Religions. They Can Pick One Or Be A Student Of All Of Them. We'll Celebrate Kwanzaa For Our Girl. We'll Celebrate Moon And Water Festivals For Our Boys. We'll Take Them To Temples In Certain Countries. Also To Church.

The Most Upsetting Thing Is That The Us Is A Leader In The World, And If They Don't Sign, Then How Do You Expect To Convince Russian And China And Iran, Pakistan, All These Other Countries, To Sign? They Simply Won't. (the Us Government) Feels It's Against Their Constitutional Right To Bear Arms, Or They've Said That It's Needed In North And South Korea, On The Border. I Don't Think Any Of These Are Good Enough Excuses For The Damage.

For Anybody That Works In Any Kind Of Demining Or Any Kind Of Humanitarian Aid Work, There Is Danger And It's Always A High-risk Area [in Cambodia].

Where Ever I Am I Always Find Myself Looking Out The Window Wishing I Was Somewhere Else.

Bigger And Better Things

I Notice That My Characters Go Out To Dinner And Have Fun And Take These Great Trips, But I Spend So Much Time On Their Lives, I Don’t Have Much Of A Personal Life Of My Own. I Have To Sort Of Remember To Fill Out That Little Notebook On Me.

I've Realized That Being Happy Is A Choice. You Never Want To Rub Anybody The Wrong Way Or Not Be Fun To Be Around, But You Have To Be Happy. When I Get Logical And I Don't Trust My Instincts - Thats When I Get In Trouble.

I Know My Children Will Never Have To Say, 'mom Died Of Ovarian Cancer.'

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.

This Script Was Just So Much Smarter Than Usual And I'm Just Fascinated By Human Behavior.

There's Something About Death That Is Comforting. The Thought That You Could Die Tomorrow Frees You To Appreciate Your Life Now.

I Had A Lovely Experience Once In Africa Working With The U.n. When A President Of A Country Met Me About Refugee Issues And Said ‘what Do You Do?’ I Said ‘i‘m An Actor.’ He Replied ‘i Heard That Was A Very Difficult Job And Might Not Be The Smartest Job To Do.’ It Was Lovely.

I Usually Make Up Stories For My Kids.i Like To Tell Them Stories And Make Up Any Kind Of Crazy To Involve Them In Characters. The Kind Of Fairytales I Don't Like Are The Ones With Happy Endings, Where There's Just Good And Evil And Things Are Perfect. I Think When There's A Good Story For Children It Has A Moral Tale, So That's What I Try To Teach My Kids.

I'm Somebody Who Works Within Cambodia, With Cambodians. I Work Alongside The Artists And Society To Work From Within, So That Is The Focus, And From That I Hope Everybody Who Believes In Democracy, In Certain Freedoms, Will Get Louder, Will Grow Their Voices.

I Think I Was Probably Able To Flip Characters In My Head As If I Was Playing Different Roles In Order To Write The Different People Because You Kind Of Have To Be One Person, And Inhabit Him And Write From His Voice And Be Her And Write Her Voice. So I Think That Helped.

It Is Not Where You Start Out In Life That Counts The Most, It Is How You Choose To Face It.

A Single Journey Can Change The Course Of A Life.

The Nice Thing About Being A Director Is That I Can Say, "i Can Only Get Into The Room After The Kids Are At School, And I Have To Be Back For Dinner. And They're Coming For Lunch."

Like Every Mother, My Wish - Every Birthday - Is For My Children To Stay Healthy (and) For My Family To Remain Healthy.

I Think Actors, Because We're In The World Of The Characters And The Movie, Are More Isolated, And It Always Really Fun To Wake Up And Be A Family With The Entire Crew.

We Talk About Orphanages, We Talk About Their Countries And Differences, And It’s A Source Of Excitement And Pride. I’ve Heard Maddox Explain To Zahara When They Are Talking About Pregnancy, ‘no, Zee, Remember, You Were In That Nice African Woman’s Belly. I Was In That Nice Cambodian Woman’.

I Have To Concentrate On My Son. That's Why I Have Lovers Right Now And Not A Boyfriend. I Don't Want My Son To Start Calling Somebody Daddy Unless That Person's Gonna Stay.

Love Should Be That Person That Inspires You To Be A Better Person.

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

I'm Happy Being Myself, Which I've Never Been Before. I Always Hid In Other People, Or Tried To Find Myself Through The Characters, Or Live Out Their Lives, But I Didn't Have Those Things In Mine.

I Don't Think The Money People In Hollywood Have Ever Thought I Was Normal, But I Am Dedicated To My Work And That's What Counts.

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.

Breast Cancer Alone Kills Some 458,000 People Each Year, According To The World Health Organization, Mainly In Low- And Middle-income Countries. It Has Got To Be A Priority To Ensure That More Women Can Access Gene Testing And Lifesaving Preventive Treatment, Whatever Their Means And Background, Wherever They Live.

I Entered This Business Before I Had Focus And Purpose In My Life. I Was Very Unhappy, Very Unhealthy, And When I Sat Down For An Interview, I Didn't Know Why. I Felt Like I Didn't Have Anything To Share. It Was A Very Empty Time.

I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play.

I Wonder Why Guys Mistreat And Disrespect Girls. But Then They Expect Life To Hand Them A Good Woman When They're Older And Ready To Settle Down?

I Eat Steamed Sea Bass And Vegetables, And I Have No Sugar, And Only Drink Soy Milk.

I'm Able To Be Very Effective Because I'm Not A Democrat, I'm Not A Republican. So, I'm Not Tied, And I'd Never Want To Be Tied To Anything, To Some Constituency That I Would Have To Answer To.

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