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. Angelina Jolie More Quotes by Angelina Jolie More Quotes From Angelina Jolie 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? Angelina Jolie hurt law children I think it is funny that we were freer about sexuality in the 4th century B.C. It is a little disconcerting. Angelina Jolie littles sex thinking Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live. Angelina Jolie cancer mean country They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other women. And I think they know that. Angelina Jolie fans sleep thinking If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up. Angelina Jolie mental-health two-sides different I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger! Angelina Jolie tattoo mistake blue I'm very happy and very excited when my adrenalin is going. Angelina Jolie very-happy excited I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn't know who I was. And things just get really dark. Angelina Jolie self dark people If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety. Angelina Jolie moral safety helping I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity. Angelina Jolie strong-women cancer motivational It's a natural thing for a child to lose a parent. I lost my mom too young but it happened. And I'm happy she's out of pain, 'cause I love her and she's my friend. Angelina Jolie pain mom children I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild, fun action movies and also be allowed to do the dramas. Hopefully, if I'm able to keep that balance, I'd love to always try to do both. Angelina Jolie balance fun drama Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury. Angelina Jolie growing-up fun jobs I think doing anything having to do with war, you walk away so very grateful for everything you have and the safety that you have. Angelina Jolie grateful war thinking Family is what grounds you. Angelina Jolie family 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. Angelina Jolie mother dream children 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. Angelina Jolie thoughtful unique artist I have so many children. Half of mine are the ones that just must climb the tree, must climb the mountain, must get dirty, must jump off, flip into the pool sideways because it's just who they are. So you try to give them as much guidance and prepare them but they are who they are. Angelina Jolie giving children dirty 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. Angelina Jolie train-wrecks feel-better school I always work with refugees and I think they are the most amazing people and it's a privilege to spend time with them, so I will always. Angelina Jolie privilege people thinking
