Angelina Jolie

“To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've be...”

“There's the chaos surrounding the practical day-to-day - playdates, doctors' appointments, packing and unpacking, and organizing mealtimes.”

“There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.”

“All the kids are learning different languages. I asked them what languages they wanted to learn, and Shi is learning Khmai, which is a Cambodian language; Pax is focusing on Vietnamese, Mad...”

“I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing.”

“I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love a good, you know, I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my...”

“When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.”

“We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born.”

“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 extrao...”

“There's nothing I have to hide or defend. I'm gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don't know why, but they will. And that's okay.”

“My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.”

“I feel matured in a way that I'm happy about. I'm at this other stage in my life - and it's not a bad thing at all.”

“It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.”

“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 instinct...”

“I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in...”

“It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat.”

“I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.”

“I actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I'm being smart about my choices, and I'm putting my family first, and I'm in charge of my life and my health. I think that's what makes a...”

“You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for 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.”