Angelina Jolie Quotes

When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years. If you are not careful, you can be too absorbed in work, and they will be only too happy to tell you about it later. Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.

I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

Parenting makes us better in so many regards.

Parenting three children at the same time has helped me grow as a filmmaker. It taught me to be more empathetic and understand what people want from me.

I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance.

I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.

I mellowed out; my daughter mellowed me out, and I don't get mad at anyone.

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.

I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them.

I think that when you become a mom... you don't really worry about the small stuff. I'm just way more centered. It makes you focus even more on what your goals are in life.

My heart grows every day through struggling and love of my kids. It helps balance everything else - the work and the world. It helps keep me grounded and in perspective of what is really meaningful to me.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

My dad probably gave me the best advice growing up. I think it's really just keeping your cool in situations and learning to balance everything.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.

Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play tennis, I don't play music, but I have a great time.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.