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We Have A Choice About How We Take What Happens To Us In Our Life And Whether Or Not We Allow It To Turn Us. We Can Become Consumed By Hate And Darkness, Or We're Able To Regain Our Humanity Somehow, Or Come To Terms With Things And Learn Something About Ourselves.

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We Have A Choice

Angelina Jolie

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We Have A Choice About How We Take What Happens To Us In Our Life And Whether Or Not We Allow It To Turn Us. We Can Become Consumed By Hate And Darkness, Or We're Able To Regain Our Humanity Somehow, Or Come To Terms With Things And Learn Something About Ourselves.

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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.

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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.

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If You Can Imagine The Area And The Land In Cambodia, I Mean There Are Hardly Any Roads In Big Parts Of The Country. The Roads They Have, In The Rainy Season, Become Just Mud. So, If You’re Somebody That Has Just One Leg, Or Blind With No Arms And You Have Children And You’re Trying To Work, And Earn Some Money, And Take Care Of Your Home, It’s Hard Enough To Be A Parent And Do All Of That Normally.

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?

The Side Of Fairytales I Don't Like Is That They Always Have Happy Endings, That There's Just Good And Evil, And Things Are Perfect. But Life Is A Little More Complicated, And That's What I Try To Teach My Kids.

There Was A Time When I Was Really Going To Give Up Acting-- Right After Foxfire. I Was Trying To Find Characters With A Certain Strength And Things Going On, But I Was Always Disappointed. Wallace Was The First Thing I Did Where I Felt Their Ideas Were Better Than Mine.

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

I'm Drawn To Kids That Are Already Born. I Think Some People Are Meant To Do Certain Things, And I Believe I'm Meant To Find My Children In The World Somewhere And Not Necessarily Have Them Genetically.

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.

A Word Of Advice, Don't Point Your #$%^&^& Finger At Crazy 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.

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.

I Always Play Women I Would Date.

You Can Seek Advice, Learn About The Options And Make Choices That Are Right For You. Knowledge Is Power.

Knowledge Is Power

People Will Say What They Want To Say, And It's Okay. And My Life Will Go On, And I Need To Focus On My Life. So, Do I Need To Defend That I'm A Decent Woman? I Sure Hope I Don't. I Know I Am.

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

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It Makes Me Feel Like A Woman. It Makes Me Feel That All The Things About My Body Are Suddenly There For A Reason. It Makes You Feel Round And Supple, And To Have A Little Life Inside You Is Amazing.

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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.

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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.

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Every Character Is A Part Of You And A Part Of The Character That You Are Going To Evolve Into That You Are Not Yet.

I'm Having To Do A Lot To Keep My Clothes On And Not Be Cast In Girlfriend Roles. Some Women Will Say, "i Don't Want To Be A Man - I Want The Opportunities I Can Get As A Woman." Women Have A Certain Sexuality, And I Think Their Bodies Are Beautiful And I'm Not Embarrassed To Explore That In A Film. But There Are Things You Get Offered That Are Vulgar And Violent - Just Like There's A Side Of Me That's Vulgar And Violent.

Yeah, But Before Anything, I Think In 6 Years Somehow I've Grown Up To Have A Beautiful Home, 2 Beautiful Stepchildren, A Beautiful Husband, My Family Is Healthy And Happy. I'm Financially Ok And I Do What I Love For A Living. That's What I Think, And I Think God, How Did I Get So Lucky.

Arabs And Mulims Are Not Terrorists.the World Should Unite Against Israel.

What's Going To Be Funny Is When They Think Mom And Dad Are A Little Bit Cool, Because Right Now, We're Not Cool Mom And Dad.

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.

If I Make A Fool Of Myself, Who Cares? I'm Not Frightened By Anyone's Perception Of Me.

If You Don't Get Out Of The Box You've Been Raised In, You Won't Understand How Much Bigger The World Is. You Might Never Find Out That You Are Useful For All The Right Reasons - And Not All Those Stupid Things That People Tell You You're Useful For.

A Path Appears Is An Insightful Book Focused On How Individuals Can Contribute To Positive Change And The Remarkable People Behind The Organizations That Make It Happen. The Authors' Desire To Motivate People To Support Good Causes, Learn About The Situation In Other Countries, And Find The Best Way To Help Their Fellow Men And Women Is Inspiring.

I Never Like Being Touched, Ever. People Used To Say I Held My Breath When They Were Hugging Me. I Still Do.

I Had Never Held A Baby In My Life. I Was One Of Those Women - People Would Say, "do You Want To Hold My Baby?" And I Was Like "no ... "

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.

It's Just Person After Person In Every Different Country That Has A Life That I Can’t Even Imagine And Has Gone Through Horror That I Can’t Even Imagine.

I Think I Connect To People Who Could Be Written Off As Wild Or Dark, Or Who Are Just Full Of Fire And Looking For A Place To Put That Fire. It's An Important Lesson To Learn, And It's Something I Did Learn: You Live On Behalf Of Others And You're Happier And You Have Purpose. And You Have A Great Excuse To Have All That Fire.

If Anybody Comes Into My Home And Tries To Hurt My Kids, I've No Problem Shooting Them.

I'm A Very Private Person. I Don't Go Out Much. I'm Home With Kids. I Go To Work. I Don't Really Like Being The Focus Of Attention, Which Is Why I Like Being Behind The Camera More.

Over 20 Million Children Of Conflict Are Out Of School. Education Is Often Forgotten.

It Is Wonderful To Hear Of The Relief Efforts That Are Finally Coming To New Orleans And The Rest Of The Region, But As Well All Know, It Is Simply Not Going To Be Enough.

I Just Started To See The World As It Really Is And It Completely Shocked Me And Changed My Opinion On Everything.. On Life And My Values And Certainly My Own Sense Of Self.

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

I've Started To Really Become Aware Of The World We Live In, What's Really Going On.

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

Great Relationship

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.

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

There Is So Much More To Understand.

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!

And It Is A Very Important Thing To Be And Do, If Not The Most Important 'cause How You Interpret A Story Can Then Make The Difference. So It Is A Very Powerful Thing To Be. And When Misused, It's Very Sad.

Like Most People, You Listen To Yourself On The Phone Or An Answering Machine And You're Like, 'ugh.' So To Do Something With Just Your Voice Is Hard.

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