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Quotes: Angelina Jolie on the Massive Flooding in Pakistan
“…no choice but to be optimistic and to have hope”
— ANGELINA JOLIE, actress and humanitarian, on the disastrous flooding that has ravaged parts of Pakistan. Jolie is on-site, serving as the personal envoy of United Nations …