Independence : (1269) " The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic. " - Pierre Schaeffer " The more you are like me, the less interested in my band you are. " - James Murphy " I’m an only child raised by a single mom. She’s always been supportive of what I wanted to do. " - Jessica Parker Kennedy " If you just focus on making singles, you lose the personality of the record. Because everything is not meant to go to radio. " - Tracy Lawrence " I’ve fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want. " - Qandeel Baloch " It’s difficult for my mum because she doesn’t know half of the things that happened. She might think the sun shines out of me. That’s the case with a lot of parents and their children – they don’t really know what goes on when they leave the house. " - Andre Gray " I was writing ‘Outlander’ for practise and didn’t want anyone to know I was doing it. So I couldn’t very well announce to my husband that I was quitting my job and abandoning him with three small children to visit Scotland to do research for a novel that I hadn’t told him I was writing. " - Diana Gabaldon " I really don’t have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people. " - Mo Ibrahim " My district does not want socialism, period. " - Nicole Malliotakis " I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people’s expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that. " - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga