50 Reasons Angelina Jolie Is Magnificent

50 reasons why Angelina Jolie is magnificent - with pictures, videos, and quotes.

1. She is open about her past and overcoming depression.

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"No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your own destiny. You can be stronger than a very difficult past, and overcome it." - Angelina Jolie

2. She's not stuck in the Hollywood bubble.

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"I realized there was a lot I did not know about the world. I decided to educate myself." - Angelina Jolie

"If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie

3. She can be silly

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Silly portrait of Angelina, taken by Brad, for W Magazine in 2008.

4. And brave

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A mastectomy is never an easy choice. "I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity." - Angelina Jolie

5. She does her own stunts.

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And isn't afraid to get hurt.

6. Tattooed Beauty

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The latin phrase tattooed below her stomach reads "quod me nutrit me destruit" meaning, "what nourishes me, destroys me". Some have mistakenly taken this to advocate eating disorders, which she does not. The cross covers a dragon tattoo. Other tattoos include the Arabic word for determination (covering a tattoo of abstract lines done for her ex-husband), a Bengal tiger, the Roman numeral 13, "know your rights", a Buddhist Pali incantation of protection, a rune, and geographical coordinates of where her children were each born. On her inner arm is a Tennessee Williams quote, "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages," that she got with her Mom after Girl, Interrupted, with her character, Lisa, in mind.

7. She follows her dreams.

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"If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart." Angelina is not only an actress, model, mother, and human rights activist, but now also writer, director, & producer with 'In The Land Of Blood And Honey', 'Unbroken', and 'By The Sea'.

8. She flies.

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Angelina received her pilot license in 2005, has a Cirrus SR-22, and likes to fly barefoot.

9. She has a mission.

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"I'm reckless, but I've never been a rebel without a cause." - Angelina Jolie

10. She's not afraid of snakes.

Pictured here with a Carpet Python. She has had several pet reptiles, including at least 2 snakes.

11. She follows her own path.

"People will always say you're going the wrong way, when it's simply a way of your own." - Angelina Jolie

12. She's just beautiful.

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13. She knows how to be independent.

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"Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world, and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self, because with that, you can do anything else." - Angelina Jolie

14. She stands up for human rights, and makes real change.

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Bosnia’s decision to include preventing sexual violence in military training is “groundbreaking” and should become the standard for U.N. peacekeeping missions, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie said.

"Warzone rape has been a taboo subject in all countries. You are helping to break down those taboos and redefining soldiering in the 21st century," Jolie said as the two addressed a conference on sexual violence in war organized in Sarajevo by Bosnia’s Defense Ministry.

15. She also advocates for refugees.

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As an ambassador to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. (Visit http://www.unhcr.org for more information).

16. She snagged this guy.

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"My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children. She had lost 30 pounds, and weighed about 90 pounds at 35 years. She got very skinny, and was constantly crying. She was not a happy woman. She had suffered from continuing headaches, heart pain, and jammed nerves in her back and ribs. She did not sleep well, falling asleep only in the morning, and got tired very quickly during the day. Our relationship was on the verge of break up ... I lost hope and thought that we'll get divorced soon... But then I decided to act on it. After all, I've got the most beautiful woman on the earth. She is the idol of more than half of the men and women on earth, and I was the one allowed to fall asleep next to her, and hug her shoulders. I began to pamper her with flowers, kisses and compliments. I surprised her, and pleased her every minute. I gave her lots of gifts and lived just for her. I spoke in public only about her. I incorporated all themes in her direction. I praised her in front of her own and our mutual friends. You won't believe it, but she blossomed. She became ever better than before. She gained weight, was no longer nervous, and she loved me more than ever. I had no clue that she CAN love that much. And then I realized one thing: The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it." - Brad Pitt

17. She's beautiful.

"Therapy? I don't need that. The roles I choose are my therapy." - Angelina Jolie

18. She's fierce.

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"Honestly, I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. I like everything." - Angelina Jolie

19. She's a Dame!

Angelina Jolie was made an honorary Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on June 13, 2014 in London, England.

20. She's really hot.

21. Like really, really hot.

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22. She'll ride a motorcycle with her guy.

Riding around Vietnam together, where they adopted Pax a year later.

23. She blocks the negative.

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After being mocked for this pose at the 84th Oscars in 2012, she said, "I heard something, but I didn't pay any attention. It's as simple as being a woman picking a dress you like and having a night, and not really thinking about anything else."

24. This poem from Girl, Interrupted.

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She didn't write it, obviously. But it's memorable for angsty teen girls. You might as well live.

25. Beauty through pain.

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"Without pain, there would be no suffering. Without suffering, we would never learn from our mistakes." - Angelina Jolie

26. And a bit of crazy fun.

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"There's certainly a side of me that isn't completely... sane. Or completely 'even' all the time. We all have our dark sides." - Angelina Jolie

27. She has good taste in voices.

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She personally chose Lana Del Rey for the Once Upon a Dream cover for Maleficent.

28. This.

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If you haven't seen Foxfire, you should.

29. She gets it.

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"I'm in a strange, I suppose, place in my life. I think that happens when you lose a parent, where you drop into a different kind of serious. And yet, at the same time, you want to laugh and enjoy as much as possible every day. I'm hanging on to my family really tight at this moment, and, because of that, trying to be as good a woman as I can be in my life. Dammit, you got me crying." - Angelina Jolie (in an interview with Ann Curry). Image from the movie Hell's Kitchen in 1998.

"It's alright. It's a part of life... I lost my mom. 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, because I love her, and she's my friend."

30. Her sons' names all end in X.

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Maddox, Pax, and Knox. Pretty X'ing cool.

31. She is adorable.

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32. Her laugh.

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33. This movie.

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Talking about love is like dancing about architecture.

34. Again with the hotness.

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"I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess." - Angelina Jolie

35. She did fencing & boxing as a teen.

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InTouch magazine videotaped interview with 16 year old Angelina Jolie.

36. She understands that biology isn't what makes a family. Love is.

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"I'm drawn to kids that are already born. I think some people are meant to do certain things, and I believe I'm meant to find my children in the world somewhere and not necessarily have them genetically." - Angelina Jolie, 2002

37. She's a lefty!

38. She's learned from her past.

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39. She doesn't know how beautiful she is.

"I am odd looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny muppet." - Angelina Jolie

"I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy." - Angelina Jolie

40. She doesn't let ridiculous rumors get to her.

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She never had an incestuous relationship with her brother. The "drug" video is of her on the phone with her dad. Her boobs were real until she had a double mastectomy. She didn't steal Brad away from Jen. Stop listening to tabloids.

41. She wouldn't let a man cheat on his wife.

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"To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife." - Angelina Jolie

42. She's a natural blonde, and usually dyes her hair darker.

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"My natural color is dark blonde. But when I was four or five, my mother dyed my hair dark brown, and she decided to keep it that way. And I stuck with that." - Angelina Jolie

43. She's humble.

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When her Mom was alive, she would give all of her awards and trophies to her Mom.

44. And a bit OCD.

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"I never like being touched. Ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do." - Angelina Jolie

45. She was in a Rolling Stones music video.

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1997

46. She's realistic.

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"A real relationship has fights, trust, faith, tears, pain, arguments, patience, secrets, jealousy, and love." - Angelina Jolie

47. Gorgeous.

"I always play women I would date." - Angelina Jolie

48. Jolie is actually her middle name.

'Jolie' means 'Pretty' in French. Her original last name is Voight, from her father, actor Jon Voight - who Angelina walked away from the negativity of when he said she would make a bad mother when she adopted Maddox in 2002. They made up quite a while later, after he apologized.

49. She's beautiful inside and out.

"It may sound cliché, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the inside, it shows on the outside." - Angelina Jolie

50. And if anyone doesn't like her...

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