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If I Think More About Death Than Some Other People, It Is Probably Because I Love Life More Than They Do.
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If I Think More About Death Than Some Other People, It Is Probably Because I Love Life More Than They Do.

Understanding the Quote: "if i think more about death than some other people, it is..."

This quote by Angelina Jolie reflects deeply on the theme of love. It connects to the universal human journey of purpose, motivation, and reflection. Often categorized under Love, Life, Death, the quote offers insight, emotional clarity, and intellectual inspiration to readers worldwide.

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Men
Lovers
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.
Morning
Home
Successful
I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play.
Character
Play
Behinds
I've Told Billy [bob Thornton] If I Ever Caught Him Cheating, I Wouldn't Kill Him Because I Love His Children And They Need A Dad. But I Would Beat Him Up. I Know Where All Of His Sports Injuries Are.
Love
Sports
Cheating
If You Have Problems, It's Something To Apologize For, To Be Embarrassed About, Not To Revel In. It's The Perfectionist In Me...that's Why People Call Me The "bossy Little Thing"-i'm The Bossiest Person Around.
People
Apologizing
Problem
Once You Have Six Children, You're Committed.
Children
Six
Committed
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.
Country
Cancer
Mean
There Is No Shame In Being A Survivor Of Sexual Violence. The Shame Is On The Aggressor.
Survivor
Violence
Shame
I Try Not To Think About My Public Life. I Focus On My Private Life, And That's Just The Best Way To Live.
Thinking
Focus
Trying
I'm Odd Looking. Sometimes I Think I Look Like A Funny Muppet.
Funny
Thinking
Looks
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.
Notebook
Fun
Character
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.
Beautiful
Morning
Love You
I Went Through A Period When I Felt My Film Characters Were Having More Fun Than I Was. It Might Partly Explain Why I Ended Up Tattooed Or Doing Certain Extreme Things In My Life.
Fun
Character
Might
The Only Way To Have A Life Is To Commit To It Like Crazy.
Life
Crazy
Way
It's The Greatest Thing That Ever Happened In My Life, My Son.
Son
My Son
Happened
I Wasn't Into Fairytales When I Was Little. I Was Of The Generation Of The Earlier Disney Films Where Many Of The Female Characters, With The Exception Of The Maleficent's, Were Not Little Girls That I Admired... The Little Princesses. They Weren't Characters That I Identified With. I Think That's Very Different Now For My Girls And More Recent Films.
Girl
Princess
Character
Everyone Can Help. We Can Educate Ourselves And Our Children About Other Countries And Cultures. We Have A Responsibility To Be Aware Of Others And I Believe This Will Inspire The Individual Way Each Person Can Make Their Difference.
Country
Children
Believe
To Do Something Good, It Has To Scare You.
Scare
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.
Life
Mother
Men
That Just Sounds So Funny, A-list. Really, I'm A Mom, And That's How I'm Going To Be All My Life.
Mom
Sound
Lists
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.
Inspirational
Strong
Business
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.
Answers
Want
Able
My Kids Are From Different Countries, But There's An Understanding, You Don't Have To Like A Country Just Because You Were Born In It. You Need To Respect All Countries. And Be Very Open To Each Other's, Of Course.
Country
Kids
Understanding
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.
Life
Feelings
Done
I'm Always Doing Something. I Never Shut My Brain Off.
Brain
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
Mets
Had A Great Time
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.
Mother
Tears
Watches
Violence Against Women And Lack Of Intervention And Man's Inhumanity To Man And This Kind Of Atrocities Are Going On. These Are Big Issues Of Our Times, We Must Speak About Them, We Must Learn How To Better Understand How These Things Happen So We Can Address Them.
Men
Issues
Inhumanity To Man
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.
Country
Thinking
Iran
People Say That You're Going The Wrong Way When It's Simply A Way Of Your Own.
Inspirational
Life
Being Yourself
Love One Person, Take Care Of Them Until You Die. You Know, Raise Kids. Have A Good Life. Be A Good Friend. And Try To Be Completely Who You Are. And Figure Out What You Personally Love. And Like Go After It With Everything You've Got No Matter How Much It Takes.
Strong Women
Good Life
Kids
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.
Stars
Roles
Dull
People Always Slow Down For A Train Wreck. It's Like Junk Food. If You Don't Feel Good About Yourself, You Want To Read Crap About Other People, Like Gossip In High School. You Don't Understand Why It's There, But Somehow It Makes A Lot Of People Feel Better.
School
Feel Better
Train Wrecks
I've Been Reckless, But I'm Not A Rebel Without A Cause.
Rebel
Causes
Reckless
Nothing Would Mean Anything If I Didn't Live A Life Of Use To Others.
Mean
Use
Ifs
For Whatever Reason, I Don't Know Why, But Cambodians Learned Something In Their Suffering And Their Struggle That We Have Lost Touch With.
Struggle
Suffering
Reason
I Never Felt Settled Or Calm. You Can't Really Commit To Life When You Feel That.
Calm
Quiet
Feels
A Word Of Advice, Don't Point Your #$%^&^& Finger At Crazy People
Crazy
People
Advice
Without Pain, There Would Be No Suffering, Without Suffering We Would Never Learn From Our Mistakes. To Make It Right, Pain And Suffering Is The Key To All Windows, Without It, There Is No Way Of Life.
Inspirational
Pain
Mistake
The Truth Is I Love Being Alive. And I Love Feeling Free. So If I Can't Have Those Things Then I Feel Like A Caged Animal And I'd Rather Not Be In A Cage. I'd Rather Be Dead. And It's Real Simple. And I Think It's Not That Uncommon.
Love
Life
Freedom
I Don't Really Send Text Messages. I Rarely Carry My Phone. I Occasionally Check Messages At The End Of The Night, But I Don't Carry It Around.
Night
Phones
Messages
The Sun Doesn't Lose Its Beauty When Covered By The Clouds. The Same Way Your Beauty Doesn't Fade When Being Covered By Hijab
Clouds
Hijab
Way
Im Extremely Honest, And I Pride Myself On It. I Dont Try To Be Shocking. Im Playful, And I Know When Something Im Saying Is Maybe Shocking, But Its Just The Truth, I Never Wanted To Be Scary To People Or Upsetting To People. I Simply Want To Live The Way I Need To Live.
Pride
People
Scary
This Script Was Just So Much Smarter Than Usual And I'm Just Fascinated By Human Behavior.
Usual
Scripts
Behavior
Now They Can Do All These Magic Things With Computers. So You Think You Get To Do Something In A Movie And You Find Out You Don't Get To Really Do It.
Thinking
Magic
Computer
We Have A Responsibility To Be Aware Of Others.
Responsibility
To Each His Own. It's One Of Those Things. How You Build Your Family—you Have To Know What You're Capable Of Handling And How Your Children Will Relate To Each Other. Maybe If You Have One Child And That Child Has A Lot Of Needs, You Realize You Cannot Give More Attention To Another. Sometimes You Just Know As A Parent. We Felt We Could Handle More Children, And We Have A Very Happy, Very Full Home.
Children
Home
Giving
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.
Thinking
People
Privilege
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.
Inspirational
Positive
Hurt
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.
Thinking
People
Hollywood
I've Never Lived My Life In The Opinion Of Others. I Believe I'm A Good Person. I Believe I'm A Good Mom. But That's For My Kids To Decide, Not For The World.
Mom
Believe
Kids
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.
Grateful
People
Honor
I Think All Women Go Through Periods Where We Hate This About Ourselves, We Don't Like That. It's Great To Get To A Place Where You Dismiss Anything You're Worried About. I Find Flaws Attractive. I Find Scars Attractive.
Hate
Thinking
Scar
I Was Absolutely Never Going To Get Pregnant. I Never Felt That It Was The Right Thing To Do. Now I Wouldn't Trade That Experience For The World. It Taught Me A Lot About Life, Just The Process Of It, And Now We Have Three Other Beautiful Children That Wouldn't Otherwise Be Here.
Beautiful
Children
Three
I'm Not A Single Mom With Two Jobs, Trying To Get By, Every Day. I Have Much More Support Than Most Women, Around This World, And I Have The Financial Means To Have A Home And Help With Care And Food.
Mom
Jobs
Home
The Interesting Thing For Me Is That Everybody Felt That I Was Really Wild When I Was Unbalanced And Desperate To Communicate Something And Didn't Have A Sense Of Purpose. But I've Never Been So Crazy And Wild As I Am With My Son Or As I Am Now.
Crazy
Son
Interesting
It Is Not Where You Start Out In Life That Counts The Most, It Is How You Choose To Face It.
Faces
You Choose
I Love To Put On Lotion. Sometimes I'll Watch Tv And Go Into A Lotion Trance For An Hour. I Try To Find Brands That Don't Taste Bad In Case Anyone Wants To Taste Me.
Love
Trying
Watches
Children Should Be Allowed To Express Themselves In Whatever Way They Wish Without Anybody Judging Them Because It Is An Important Part Of Their Growth... Society Always Has Something To Learn When It Comes To The Way We Judge Each Other, Label Each Other. We Have Far To Go.
Children
Judging
Growth
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.
Believe
Perfect
Source
Make Bold Choices And Make Mistakes. It's All Those Things That Add Up To The Person You Become.
Mistake
Choices
Add
I Suppose I'm Very Aware Of Time And Of Memories And Of Enjoying Life... Not Just Doing The Right Thing And Being A Useful Person, Which I Certainly Wanna Be And Believe That I Am. I Hold Onto My Family Really Tight And Try To Be As Good A Woman As I Can Be In My Life.
Memories
Believe
Enjoy Life
Over 20 Million Children Of Conflict Are Out Of School. Education Is Often Forgotten.
Children
School
Conflict
Different Is Good. When Someone Tells You That You Are Different, Smile And Hold Your Head Up And Be Proud.
Different
Proud
Be Proud
I See Myself As Mom First. I'm So Lucky To Have That Role In Life. The World Can Like Me, Hate Me Or Fall Apart Around Me And At Least I Wake Up With My Kids And I'm Happy.
Inspiring
Mom
Mother
Where Ever I Am I Always Find Myself Looking Out The Window Wishing I Was Somewhere Else.
Somewhere Else
Bigger And Better Things
Dreamer
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.
Stay Strong
Pain
War
Working With [robert] De Niro Taught Me A Lot About Being An Actor's Director.
Directors
Actors
Taught
I Would Start Drinking Something Terrible If I Were In A Situation Where I Was Surrounded By Lies Or Quiet Or Secrets. It's Just Not A Real Life.
Real
Lying
Drinking
Our Family May Seem Extraordinary In Some Magazines Or Something, But At Home It's Not. We're Really Just A Very Loving Family. We're Very Close, And We Don't Read Magazines. We Just Kind Of Go To Work And Come Home. We Try To Keep A Sense Of Reality Into Their Lives. What's Truly Real, Not Hollywood Real.
Real
Home
Trying
I Want To Be Outspoken! I Want To Say My Opinions And I Hope They’re Taken In The Right Way. I Don’t Want To Stop Being Free ... And I Won’t...
Taken
Being Free
Want
It's Easier To Be With Somebody. But It's Better To Be Single If You're With The Wrong Person.
Wrong Person
Easier
Persons
I Need More Sex, Ok? Before I Die I Wanna Taste Everyone In The World.
Love
Life
Sex
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.
Book
Names
Important
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