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It is not enough to defend our values at home, in our newspapers and in our institutions. We also have to defend them in the refugee camps of the Middle East, and the ruined ghost towns of Syria.

Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 4
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