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To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.
To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.
Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern
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- Angelina Jolie
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- Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Angelina Jolie: documented activity in 1982. Wikidata Q13909, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13909 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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