Quotes from Angelina Jolie

Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs - Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; whats pleasure without pain?

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.

Let's embrace being not normal!

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

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'm a woman, and anytime you tell a woman that she looks nice, it's not going to upset her.

I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not educated.

I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.

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.

For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia].

We did work together surprisingly well, more than I thought we would, because I didn't know before we met if we would actually work together really well, and we had a great time.

I take my kids to school and if I go to work they visit me on set, I come home. I have dinner with my family. I have breakfast with my family. I have a very solid, a very warm home. I'm fortunate.

I want to raise my kids, I want to get them through their teenage years. ... I do love my work with the UN and with PSVI so if I can do more of that and be more effective I will do whatever I can.

This has been my life for many years; one role feeds the other. It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

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.

Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

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

Like every mother, my wish - every birthday - is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain healthy.