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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.

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If You Have Problems,

Angelina Jolie

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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.

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The Only Way To Have A Life Is To Commit To It Like Crazy.

By Remembering That I Don't Know Sadness Or Pain Like The People Do In The Camp And To Be Sad Will Not Help Them.

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.

To Be Put Simply Refugees Are Us. And Their Mothers Are Like Us, They Love Their Children The Same, They Laugh, They Dream, And They Are Survivors, They Are Amazing.

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.

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.

The Center Of My Life Is My Kids, I Woke Up At 3 In The Morning With Four Kids With Jet Lag And Two Babies. I Put Myself Together For A Few Hours And Go Out. And Then I Go Home. This Is My Job.

I Honestly Want To Help. I Don't Believe I Feel Differently From Other People. I Think We All Want Justice And Equality, A Chance For A Life With Meaning.

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!

I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play.

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.

It's Great To Jump Into Things You're Not Sure Of And You Haven't Done And That Are A Little Scary. That's What We Have To Do, As Artists.

Every Day We Choose Who We Are By How We Define Ourselves.

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

Great Relationship

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

For Any Woman Reading This, I Hope It Helps You To Know You Have Options. I Want To Encourage Every Woman, Especially If You Have A Family History Of Breast Or Ovarian Cancer, To Seek Out The Information And Medical Experts Who Can Help You Through This Aspect Of Your Life, And To Make Your Own Informed Choices.

I Don't See The Point Of Doing An Interview Unless You're Going To Share The Things You Learn In Life And The Mistakes You Make. So To Admit That I'm Extremely Human And Have Done Some Dark Things I Don't Think Makes Me Unusual Or Unusually Dark. I Think It Actually Is The Right Thing To Do, And I'd Like To Think It's The Nice Thing To Do.

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.

I Never Felt Settled Or Calm. You Can't Really Commit To Life When You Feel That.

It's Easier To Be With Somebody. But It's Better To Be Single If You're With The Wrong Person.

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.

I Personally Feel Like, If You're Watching A Film About War, You Should Get A Sense Of What It's Really Like.

I Have So Much In My Life. I Want To Be Of Value To The World.

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 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.

I'm Not A Hugger. People Make Fun Of Me. It's Something That I Have A Hard Time With. If Someone Hugs Me, I Hold My Breath. Snuggling, Cuddling, Hugging, Crying - All That Stuff Makes Me Very Uncomfortable.

I Went Through What I Imagine Thousands Of Other Women Have Felt. I Told Myself To Stay Calm, To Be Strong, And That I Had No Reason To Think I Wouldn't Live To See My Children Grow Up And To Meet My Grandchildren.

Nothing Would Mean Anything If I Didn't Live A Life Of Use To Others.

The Life Changing Moment For Me What The First Time I Went To A War Zone And That Was Sierra Leone. I Took Two Weeks, Eleven Years Ago And I Went. I Wasn't An Ambassador Or Anything I Just Asked To Go And I Was Allowed To Go. It Was Like Someone Smacked Me In The Face.

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

If You Have Enough People Sitting Around Telling You You're Wonderful, Then You Start Believing You're Fabulous, Then Someone Tells You You Stink And You Believe That Too!

The Loss Of A Child Is My Greatest Nightmare.

Loss Of A Child

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.

When Those Who Have The Opportunity To Speak To Those Politicians They Must Do So And If One Doesn't Have That Opportunity To Speak Directly, They Can Still Speak Indirectly And It Can Be Heard.

Never Send A Boy To Do A Woman's Job.

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.

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.

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.

I'm Much Happier And More Fulfilled Than I Thought I Would Ever Be, Especially When I Was Going Through A Lot Of Grief When I Was Younger. I Hope It Lasts.

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.

Of Course {i'm Bisexual}. If I Fell In Love With A Woman Tomorrow, Would I Feel That It's Okay To Want To Kiss And Touch Her? If I Fell In Love With Her? Absolutely! Yes!

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