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Quotes About Boundaries

It's so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they're always trying to look at my books in terms of my life.
~ Salman Rushdie
I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
~ Samantha Morton
No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.
~ Samuel Johnson
I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
~ Sandra Bernhard
I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.
~ Sandra Bernhard
My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.
~ Sarah Michelle Gellar
A man spends the first year of his life learning that he ends at his own skin, and the rest of his life learning that he doesn't.
~ Saul Gorn
Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.
~ Serena Williams
I feel like I'm kind of an obvious person. I like to keep some things in my life sacred, like keep the sacred, sacred. Apart from that part of my life, I'm a very open person.
~ Shailene Woodley
As a straight news correspondent I would never make an issue of someone's personal life unless they have put it out there for public consumption.
~ Shannon Bream
I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.
~ Shelby Lynne
The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
~ Sheryl Sandberg
As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and fewer instances of friends you 'can only take in small doses.'
~ Sloane Crosley
I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.
~ Sophia Myles
You need to have a life outside your career.
~ Sophie Ellis Bextor
Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.
~ Sophie Kinsella
It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.
~ Sophie Swetchine
There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. However bad life may seem, there is always hope.
~ Stephen Hawking
Michelle Obama is a powerful example of someone who has learned how to align her actions with her values, manage boundaries across domains of life, and embrace change courageously.
~ Stewart D. Friedman
I was a relationship retard. I kicked, shoved, and punched people out of my life, so they never had a chance to hurt me.
~ Tarryn Fisher
I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.
~ Taylor Swift
Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.
~ Thomas Lynch
Don't get in my personal life.
~ Timbaland
People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy.
~ Tom Selleck