Independence : (1626)

" My makeup is usually left over from the night before. " - Kesha

" I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I’m not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don’t fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time. " - Rickie Lee Jones

" An economically confident America has – since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century – tended toward global engagement. It is during times of economic stress (1930s, 1970s) that America has become more withdrawn. " - Thomas P.M. Barnett

" I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. " - Groucho Marx

" I love anybody who’s willing to stick to their own vision, their own voice, who’s not easily swayed by money or by financers who are going to tell them what they should do. " - Mary Elizabeth Winstead

" It’s hard for me to show work while I’m writing, because other people’s comments will influence what happens. " - Donna Tartt

" Washington is totally out of touch with mainstream America. " - Evan Bayh

" I think that things happen individually first, and then collectively. It’s not the other way around. " - Neale Donald Walsch

" When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy. " - Barry White

" I have decided not to give interviews and not to hold conversations with journalists who deal with the political activity of my wife rather than my activity as university teacher and researcher. " - Joachim Sauer