Quotes About Independence

Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work.

For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.

Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

The Fourth of July observes one of the most seismic shifts in human history.

The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.

After living in the United States for over 10 years, here is what I have learned about the Fourth of July: it is more of a barbecuing holiday than anything else.

I don't want to jump through hoops for people.

I'd never jump on a bandwagon; sometimes people do that and it's not what I wanted to do.

I know the freedom that cycling gives you in terms of being able to just jump on and go.

I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

In June 2007, I finished up school for the year. I didn't know it at the time, but I was done with college forever. By the end of the summer, I had dropped out and would not return.

The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.

I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway.

My earliest thought, long before I was in high school, was just to go away, get out of my house, get out of my city. I went to Medford High School, but even in grade school and junior high, I fantasized about leaving.

I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.

Even if we did achieve what we wanted with a very small state, we'd just be resetting the clock back to 1776, and it would roll forward exactly the same way again.

Here in Denmark, you can easily just be left alone. This is my 'hood, and people leave me alone; it's nice.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

I wish everyone could just be free.

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

I would very much like to direct, star, perform, and just be a general auteur.

I ended up starting guitar because I didn't want to just be the lead singer.