Quotes About Independence

I wanted to be my own boss. I was fascinated by airlines and how I could change travel for the average person. Then I wanted to diversify.

Fascism is not an article for export.

My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.

Single mommyhood wasn't fashionable in the mid-'70s.

I don't really follow any fashions. I just wear what I want to wear each day. I don't care if they clash or not.

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.

You grow up faster in a place where anything goes.

Everybody has the right to decide their own fate.

I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.

I'm not one to fall back into the corner and put my fate in someone else's hands. I tend to believe anyone in my position would do the same thing.

I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.

Growing up with just my mom, it went so well. It worked out so well. It was normal to me. I wasn't really looking for a father figure.

I know lots of friends who grew up without fathers and it actually makes you stronger. You have more to prove, you have to protect yourself.

Sohan Singh Bhakna, Gurdit Singh, Teja Singh Sutantar, Banta Singh Sanghwal... they are my fathers. Those who gave their lives for freedom are my fathers.

I don't listen well at all. I don't take direction well at all. I have to admit that is my main fault.

Yeah, I feel bad for people who think they have to stay in one place - people that feel loyalty to a fault.

Conservatives and individualists support policies that favor more freedom for individuals.

'Matilda' is my favorite movie of all time. It's so funny. It's about this girl who's so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well.

At the end of the day, nobody will do any favour to my dad by watching his daughter's film.

I'm in favour of a multi-polar world. I believe that every country has the right to defend its own interests.

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.

My American side makes me fearless.

My parents have been my biggest support. Had it not been for them, I would have not been able to be the confident and fearless person that I am today.