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I Am Deeply Grateful To The Citizens Of Sarajevo And The Sarajevo Canton Assembly For Bestowing Upon Me This Incredible Honor Of Citizenship. I Am So Proud To Now Be A Part Of Such An Extraordinary Part Of The World And Fellow Citizen To The People I Deeply Love And Admire.

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I Am Deeply Grateful

Angelina Jolie

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I Am Deeply Grateful To The Citizens Of Sarajevo And The Sarajevo Canton Assembly For Bestowing Upon Me This Incredible Honor Of Citizenship. I Am So Proud To Now Be A Part Of Such An Extraordinary Part Of The World And Fellow Citizen To The People I Deeply Love And Admire.

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Maleficent Has Suffered Abuse In The Past, And There's A Reason Why She Is Now As Furious As She Is. And I Think That Children Who Have Been Outcast And Abused In Any Way Will Relate To Her. There's A Beautiful Side To Her; She's Not Just A Dark Person. She Has All These Facets. And That Is Interesting.

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.

I Think Every Teenager Is A Hero. When We Are Young We Feel So Much Pain. Go To School Is Like Going To War, People Let You Down All The Time. Sometimes It's Very, Very Difficult To Stay Strong, But You Have To.

Some People Go Shopping - I Cut Myself.

Oh, God, I Struggle With Low Self-esteem All The Time! I Think Everyone Does. I Have So Much Wrong With Me, It's Unbelievable!

People Have Two Sides, A Good Side And A Bad Side, A Past, A Future. We Must Embrace Both In Someone We Love.

I Try Not To Think About My Public Life. I Focus On My Private Life, And That's Just The Best Way To Live.

Make Bold Choices And Make Mistakes. It's All Those Things That Add Up To The Person You Become.

I Approached Unhcr Because I Believe In What The United Nations. I Believe Refugees Are The Most Vulnerable People In The World. They Are Affected By Everything, Including Landmines. They Are Vulnerable To Everything.

It's Just Such A Freeing Thing To Set These Great Challenges For Yourself, To Travel, To Learn More About The World, To Just Go Out There And Get Crazy And Get Free And Get Strong.

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’m Trying To Learn More About International Law To Understand Why We Don’t Have Better Solutions For Conflict - For Dictators Or Aggressors That Are Hurting Or Raping Children Or Using Them As Child Soldiers. Why Can’t We Have An International Community Handle These Things In A Swift, Efficient Manner?

I'd Love To Have A Great Relationship With My Father. And Unfortunately... I Don't.

Great Relationship

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

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.

I Think As A Human Being, As A Mother, As Someone Who Works Internationally, I Needed Desperately To Know A Man Like Louis Zamperini In My Life, To Know That There Is Hope.

I’m Still Having Trouble Convincing Pax That Underwear And Pants Go Together – Underwear Is Not Pants!

If Every Choice You Make Comes From An Honest Place, You’re Solid And Nothing Anybody Can Say About You Can Rock You Or Change Your Opinion. It Doesn’t Shake Me Because I Know Why I Do The Things I Do And I Know I Come From A Good Place And So People Can Judge Me However They Wish. But I Know I’ll Continue To Do The Best I Can And Be The Best I Can.

I Loved Being On The Other Side Of The Camera And Interacting With The Crew. When You Are An Actor, You Have To Stay Inside This World, But When You Are With The Crew, On The Outside, You Are In The Dirt, Working Through All The Issues. It's Just A Different Way Of Working, And I Think I Preferred It.

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

Working With [robert] De Niro Taught Me A Lot About Being An Actor's Director.

I Guess That I've Always Wanted To Be A Bond Villain.

It's The Greatest Thing That Ever Happened In My Life, My Son.

Films That I Want To Do Are Few And Far Between.

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

When I Was Growing Up I Never Babysat. I Was Considered To 'punk Rock' To Be Trusted With Kids.

I Don't Do Things That Are Comedic. This Is Such A Crazy Idea.

I Am The Kind Of Person Who Doesn't Recognize Borders. I Don't Understand Why We Think It Is Okay To Keep Someone Within One Border When They Are Unable To Feed Their Family When They Could Be Getting Help Somewhere Else. I Don't See People As Different So I Don't Understand The Idea Of Borders In This World.

I Want To Work; Then, As My Kids Get Older, I Want To Have Adventures. I Want To Visit All Their Countries: Learn And Live Inside All Their Cultures.

If Anybody Comes Into My Home And Tries To Hurt My Kids, I've No Problem Shooting Them... I Bought Original, Real Guns Of The Type We Used In Tomb Raider For Security. Brad And I Are Not Against Having A Gun In The House, And We Do Have One. And Yes, I'd Be Able To Use It If I Had To.

People Say That You're Going The Wrong Way When It's Simply A Way Of Your Own.

I Don't Believe In Guilt, I Believe In Living On Impulse As Long As You Never Intentionally Hurt Another Person, And Don't Judge People In Your Life. I Think You Should Live Completely Free.

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.

I Hope That Other Women Can Benefit From My Experience. Cancer Is Still A Word That Strikes Fear Into People’s Hearts, Producing A Deep Sense Of Powerlessness. But Today It Is Possible To Find Out Through A Blood Test Whether You Are Highly Susceptible To Breast And Ovarian Cancer, And Then Take Action... It Is My Hope That They, Too, Will Be Able To Get Gene Tested, And That If They Have A High Risk They, Too, Will Know That They Have Strong Options. Life Comes With Many Challenges. The Ones That Should Not Scare Us Are The Ones We Can Take On And Take Control Of.

You'd Think, 'what If I Make A Mistake Today, I'll Regret It'. I Don’t Believe In Regret, I Feel Everything Leads Us To Where We Are And We Have To Just Jump Forward, Mean Well, Commit And Just See What Happens.

I Collect Books, And I Love Libraries. I Love Bookstores. And To Me Meeting A Writer Is Important. And When I Saw A Book With My Name On It I Almost Passed Out.

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