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The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.

Angelina Jolie

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