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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.

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The Most Upsetting Thing

Angelina Jolie

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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.

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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.

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.

For Whatever Reason, I Don't Know Why, But Cambodians Learned Something In Their Suffering And Their Struggle That We Have Lost Touch With.

I Like To Work With Artists From Around The World. There Are So Many New Inspiring Filmmakers. I Had The Privilege Recently To Work With Ethiopian Filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari And His Wife On The Film Difret. They Are That Unique Balance Of Very Thoughtful Conscious Filmmakers Who Are Also Brilliant, Original Artists.

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.

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.

I Have Men In My Life. I Have A Brother. So Maddox Will Have Male Teachers. I Was Raised Without A Father.

The Older Ones Recently Saw Mr And Mrs Smith And I Think They Thought That Was The Funniest Thing They'd Ever Seen Because, Of Course, Watching Your Parents Fight As Spies Is Some Strange Sort Of Childhood Fantasy.

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.

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

I Don't Really Have Girlfriends In Movies, If You've Noticed. Well, I Have A Few Girlfriends, I Just... I Stay At Home A Lot. I'm Just Not Very Social. I Don't Do A Lot With Them, And I'm Very Homebound. I'll Talk To My Family, I Talk To Brad... But I Don't Know, I Don't Have A Lot Of Friends I Talk To. He Is Really The Only Person I Talk To.

Lots Of Friends

Women And Girls Are Bearing The Brunt Of Extremists That Revel In Treating Them Barbarically. This Is Inextricably Linked To Our Overall Failure To Prevent And End Conflicts Worldwide, Which Is Causing Human Suffering On An Unprecedented Level.

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.

I Find Flaws Attractive. I Find Scars Attractive.

I Always Play Women I Would Date.

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.

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

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

An Off-screen Persona Of Globally Conscious Earth Mother And An Aggressive On-screen Embodiment Of Kali, Goddess Of Destruction.

Brad [pitt] And I Have Never Wanted Our Kids To Be Actors. We've Never Talked About It. But, We Also Want Them To Be Around Film And Be A Part Of Mommy And Daddy's Life, And For It Not To Be Kept From It Either. We Just Want Them To Have A Good, Healthy Relationship With It.

It's All Or Nothing With My Makeup. If I Get Dressed Up, I'll Go To An Extreme. I'll Wear Foundation, Bright Blue Or Bright Red Lipstick With One Of My Weird Purple Wigs.

I Respect All Religions. What I Don't Respect Is When People Use Religion To Attack Others. I've Met People Across The World, In The Middle Of Nowhere, Who Are Just Trying To Survive And All They Have Is Religion. In Some Why, It Helps Them, And I Wouldn't Take It Away From Them. There Are Also People Who Use To To Hate And Kill. I Don't Consider Them Religious People.

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.

Love - Is When You Wish All The Best To The People You Love, When You Put Their Interests And Well-being Above Their Own. Always.

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

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

In Africa, We Were Around Thousands Of People Who Have Seen A Lot Of Poverty, But They Were Fun At The End Of The Day.

Sometimes I Think My Husband Is So Amazing That I Don't Know Why He's With Me. I Don't Know Whether I'm Good Enough. But If I Make Him Happy, Then I'm Everything I Want To Be.

We're All Just Big Kids. That's All We Are. We Are Artistes. We Grew Up Wanting To Be Part Of The Fantasy Of The Fairy Tales And The Stories.

No, No, No, I've Just Grown Up Too Much To Be Hurt By What People's Opinion Of My Love Life Is.

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 Didn't Really Want To Live, So Anything That Was An Investment In Time Made Me Angry... But Also I Just Felt Sad. When The Hopelessness Is Hurting You, It's The Fixtures And Fittings That Finish You Off.

Usually All My Tattoos Came At Good Times. A Tattoo Is Something Permanent When You've Made A Self-discovery, Or Something You've Come To A Conclusion About.

There Is So Much More To Understand.

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

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

If Being Sane Is Thinking There's Something Wrong With Being Different, I'd Rather Be Completely #$%^&^& Mental.

Being Different

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 Wish I Could Find People Who Just Would Fight Me And Break Through To Me And Hold Me Down And Scream Their Life Into My Face.

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.

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