Independence : (1626) " Mainstream cinema exists in most large industries and then there is the alternative cinema which does not follow the conventions of the mainstream movies. But when your film is small and does not have A-listers, then you have a limited budget and it becomes hard to release your film. " - Konkona Sen Sharma " Historically, we were always complaining about others interfering in our domestic and national issues. " - Najib Mikati " When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.’ " - Barbara Corcoran " We’re Americans. It’s a culture. We should defend that culture, and we should reinforce that culture. " - Roger Ailes " Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. " - Walt Whitman " The notion of the single man began in the 1950’s. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure. " - Hugh Hefner " I actually run a nonprofit that’s all about giving people opportunities to be their own heroes and do their own work. " - Angelica Ross " Do everything yourself. " - Nellie Melba " If I want to be free from any other man’s dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control. " - William Graham Sumner " I’m really muscular because my mother had to teach me how to straighten my own spine. It wasn’t good for my relationship with her because she was dictatorial about it, but in the end I was able to disguise what I had. " - Toyah Willcox