Quotes About Independence

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.

Lack of courage or means often deters the European woman from more independent business activity, and this in spite of increasing freedom to choose her occupation, in spite of brilliant examples of successful undertakings of women, in photography, hotel or boarding-house management, dress-making, etc.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'

My mother worked in advertising and my father was a journalist. But they split up when I was three and I grew up in a single-parent family. My mum brought my brother and I up.

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

I came to London with a girl. We lived together and split up very quickly. I was on my own in London so started going to comedy clubs.

I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.

Once you made that decision to split New Order up, you were like, 'Woo-hoo! I better get out there and get a job.'

Mum came to Crawley from Sri Lanka at 19 after marrying my dad. Later, Dad had financial problems and they split for a while.

My parents split when I was one-year old and I haven't lived with my father since. He is a creative spirit and has always cherished his independence.

I didn't notice my parents' split because I was off doing my own thing. I was very naughty.

After my parents split up my mother moved to Lake Oswego and I went to Lake Oswego High School. And then finally I went to Portland State University for a year and a half before dropping out and moving to New York.

Sovereigntism and separatism they are... it may seem like it's splitting hairs, but a lot of Quebecers are sovereignists - they respect the sovereignty of Quebec. They're not interested in separating.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

I never learned to cook; I was a little spoiled as far as that's concerned.

I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted.

My children were not overly spoiled. They had to make their beds. They had to line up their shoes.

Nowadays, you can't broadcast dodgy special effects and then put up a caption saying, 'Sorry, this is what the budget was.' You have to do it with high production values because the audience has been spoilt by the special effects on things like 'The X Files' and 'Independence Day.'

I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.

I'm spoilt. I like my own space. I don't even own a microwave, and men don't like that. They want to be looked after.

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.