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When I Was Growing Up I Wanted To Adopt, Because I Was Aware There Were Kids That Didn't Have Parents. It's Not A Humanitarian Thing, Because I Don't See It As A Sacrifice. It's A Gift. We're All Lucky To Have Each Other.

-Angelina Jolie

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When I Was Growing

Angelina Jolie

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When I Was Growing Up I Wanted To Adopt, Because I Was Aware There Were Kids That Didn't Have Parents. It's Not A Humanitarian Thing, Because I Don't See It As A Sacrifice. It's A Gift. We're All Lucky To Have Each Other.

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I Think We Should Try To Be Responsible And Educate Ourselves. I'm Simply Doing That And Traveling, Learning First Hand, And Seeing First Hand What's Going On.

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

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.

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.

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

I'm Somebody Who Works Within Cambodia, With Cambodians. I Work Alongside The Artists And Society To Work From Within, So That Is The Focus, And From That I Hope Everybody Who Believes In Democracy, In Certain Freedoms, Will Get Louder, Will Grow Their Voices.

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.

When I Get Logical, And I Don't Trust My Instincts - That's When I Get In Trouble.

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.

Happy Endings Are Just Stories That Haven't Finished Yet.

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

There Doesn't Need To Be A God For Me. There's Something In People That's Spiritual, That's Godlike. I Don't Feel Like Doing Things Just Because People Say Things, But I Also Don't Really Know If It's Better To Just Not Believe In Anything, Either.

Just Start Off With The Same Goals In Mind. If You Have The Same Values, Same Goals Then You'll Be On Track For The Same Future.

The Nice Thing About Being A Director Is That I Can Say, "i Can Only Get Into The Room After The Kids Are At School, And I Have To Be Back For Dinner. And They're Coming For Lunch."

When Other Little Girls Wanted To Be Ballet Dancers I Kind Of Wanted To Be A Vampire.

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.

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

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

On Marriage To Jonny Lee Miller: It Comes Down To Timing. I Think He's The Greatest Husband A Girl Could Ask For. I'll Always Love Him, We Were Simply Too Young.

On The Superficiality Of The Industry: We Are Setting An Example Of What We Think Is Beautiful And You Really Want To Put That Much Make Up On Me?

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

I'm At A Strange Place I Suppose In My Life. I Think That What Happens When You Lose A Parent, Where You Lose-you Drop Into A Different Kind Of Serious.

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.

There Is No Greater Pillar Of Stability Than A Strong, Free And Educated Woman, And There Is No More Inspiring Role Model Than A Man Who Respects And Cherishes Women And Champions Their Leadership.

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 Entered This Business Before I Had Focus And Purpose In My Life. I Was Very Unhappy, Very Unhealthy, And When I Sat Down For An Interview, I Didn't Know Why. I Felt Like I Didn't Have Anything To Share. It Was A Very Empty Time.

The Mind Wants To Forget Because It Weighs So Much On The Heart And Soul. I Am Tired Of Crying And Feeling So Helpless. I Want To Breathe Again -just For A Little While.

The Beautiful Thing About Such Moments In Life Is That There Is So Much Clarity. You Know What You Live For And What Matters.

I Love Doing Lesbian Love Scenes. Before I Did My Lesbian Scenes In Gia, I Talked To Actresses Who Said Love Scenes Are Easier With Another Woman Than A Man. Bound's Gina Gershon And Jennifer Tilly Said They'd Lie There And Discuss The Sale At Barney's Between Takes.

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.

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