Quotes About Independence

It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.

I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.

I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't live up to its name so I soldiered on. On one level, it was devastating for a while. On another level, maybe I should thank them for helping me make my own way in my own career.

I grew up with stories of people who start their own businesses and do really well. So I thought, 'OK, that's what you do.' I can thank my dad for that.

I thank God for all the independent hard rock that I grew up with.

Thank God for TNA: we've had the creative freedom to do what we want to do.

I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.

Thank god 'Real' was successful, but I feel like 'Emmanuel' will be even more successful. All my ideas, I could put them to work myself, on my own time. I had more control, and it shows.

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'.

When I was a teenager, I had a record company after me. They wanted me to be a pop act. They said they wanted me to be the next Sonia. I was 16 at the time. I said, 'No thank you.'

Most of the countries in the world are outside the E.U., and they are doing very nicely, thank you.

I was very thankful that my mother was a very strong mom. She was mom and dad. She is mom and dad. She is my hero.

I'm thankful I don't have parents that I feel I need to get their attention. They've always been there for me.

Making 'The Invitation' and waiting to make it on my terms and getting final cut and doing it the way I needed to do it was incredibly challenging, but it has really been so great for me. I'm so thankful that that's happened, that I got to work with actors I really like and have just such a good experience in delving into that story.

I'm thankful that my daughter's father has allowed me to do what I do because that really makes a difference. I do believe a woman can have it all.

I was thankful to him, this man who freed me. At the same time I was annoyed be cause the man who freed me doesn't have the right to speak for me. I had no intention to disavow my old principles. But to disavow Servan Schreiber made for problems.

I got into sports, thankfully, because I didn't listen to my mother.

America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.

My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.

Life as a pro is definitely an individual sport. Thankfully that's how I've always been so I like it that way.

I love my children and care greatly for their future. If they decide they just want to loaf around for a bit between the ages of 16 and 25, that's perfectly fine by me. I did it, and I'm doing fine, thanks. Sometimes 'leaving kids to their own devices' is the best thing for them.

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'