Quotes About Independence

I was an only child, so I was alone a lot.

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have a big family, and I was really close with both of my parents. Like any kid, I thought I knew more than they did.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I grew up as an only child, so I like being by myself. So I train predominantly - 98 percent of the time - by myself.

You spend a lot more time on your own as an only child. And there's space to allow your imagination to take flight.

Being an only child, I was alone a lot and I had to make up games.

Being an only child, you just have a lot of time on your hands, figuring things out. Just doing music, man - music just came to me.

I was an only child.

My dad was an only child. His father raised him all but alone after his mother abandoned the two of them. He was only three years old.

Because I was an only child, I lived in a very grown-up world.

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy.

As an artist, you want as many people as possible to see your work with no interference. And usually, I've gone onto fringe channels: BBC Two, HBO, Channel 4.

Unless you can't take care of yourself or stuff like that, I'm always standin' for you to hold onto life as much as you can.

I've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own.

As Muslim women, we're not waiting for the president of the United States to open doors for us or to fight our fights.

My mother had a very open-minded philosophy about having children: that they should be free to develop in their own way.

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.

After a two-year stint at Stars, I wanted to start my own full-service restaurant, but I didn't have the funds to do so, so I got a modest loan from my parents and opened Chipotle with the goal of having it fund that restaurant.

I can't get booked on the Fourth of July, or it'll be, 'Do you want to open for the opener for Toby Keith?' Hell, no.

Opening up of the coal mining and mineral sector at the same time has been a very positive step towards self-reliance.

The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities.

My idea of opening a restaurant was important. The whole point is that I couldn't have been totally dependent on acting for my income... even though I want to remain in the field of entertainment forever.

I've always honestly and openly said I believe in a united Ireland, but the point was to try and get to a united Ireland without the violence.