Quotes About Independence

I'm a little bit tough because I can't afford to get my heart broken.

I don't want someone taking up half my time. I don't need to get my heart broken.

My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.

I'd rather be very well prepared before I move to heavyweight or light heavyweight. That's according to my own schedule - no one else's.

Collaboration and collegiality does not mean bowing down. It doesn't mean being brought to heel.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

I used to go to school in heels every day. I thought I was a little grown woman.

I'm not really a girlie. I can be once in a while, but then I tend to fall off the heels.

I don't know if there will ever be a day that I'm not wearing heels. I'm a very big personality, and I don't like to look up at other people.

People who are their own entity and aren't afraid to be who they are can move a nation. I believe the height of my career is going to be during the start of a revolution.

We as men, need to give the Indian women all the strength that she needs, rightfully asking to be able to walk with head held high.

I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.

I am not a helicopter mother.

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.

I'm grown as hell.

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.

My idea of hell is a girlfriend ringing up and saying, 'Let's go shopping and have cocktails.' I'd rather play cards.

I know with Gary Ross especially, he kind of gave me pointers here and there, but he kind of let me become firm in any way that I needed, and he just let me try things and to explore what I can do with my acting. So that was very helpful.

I'm a big believer in letting kids have as much responsibility as you can give them in terms of helping around the house and getting themselves dressed.

I never want anyone to think I've been given a helping hand. I've always worked for everything, whether it be on the football field or away from it.

I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me.

I'm an emotional person, but it is not my helplessness.

I think that it's important if you run for President that you have to make those important decisions. And your father, if he can help, probably, he helps just by being your father without getting intimately involved.