I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
Angelina JolieRead
I'm a woman, and anytime you tell a woman that she looks nice, it's not going to upset her.
Interpretation
Compliments affirm a woman's beauty and can positively impact her self-esteem.
Angelina Jolie emphasizes the importance of compliments in how women perceive themselves. When someone acknowledges a woman's appearance in a positive way, it can uplift her spirits and reinforce her self-worth, showing that appreciation for beauty is a universal affirmation.
In practice
During a speech on women's empowerment, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of affirming women's beauty.
I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
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It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You're suddenly somebody's wife. And you're like, 'Oh, I'm half of a couple now. I've lost me.'
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There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.
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.
So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.
People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.
To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear.
Time can divorce us from the reality of people, it can separate us from people and turn them into ghosts. Or rather it is we who turn them into ghosts or demons. Some kinds of fruitless preoccupations with the past can create such simulacra, and they can exercise power, like those heroes at Troy fighting for a phantom Helen.
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