While Angelina Jolie is best known as an Academy Award-winning actress, her role as anadvocateis equally noteworthy.
“I was quite anti-politics when I was young,” she toldElle.
“I started working on human-rights issues and meeting refugees and survivors mostly because I wanted to learn.
I also had this romantic idea that I would get my boots on and be a humanitarian.
But at a certain point, you realize that’s not enough.”
“I tell my daughters, ‘What sets you apart is what you are willing to do for others.
Anyone can put on a dress and makeup.
It’s your mind that will define you,'” Jolie explained.
“‘Find out who you are, what you think, and what you stand for.
And fight for others to have those same freedoms.
A life of service is worth living.'”
Zahara clearly took that message to heart to heart.
