Quotes About Freedom

Of course it would disgust me to tell anyone how to live.

I was trying to be so perfect and so cookie-cutter because everyone's like, 'Aim for that Disney audience! Be perfect! Don't say anything wrong!' And it's just working out better for me just being me.

I'm always trying to get my characters to the point of complete rebelliousness. I like that attitude that characters feel when they own their lives. There's something beautiful in the moments when characters disobey.

I understood the feeling of being 17 and living with your parents somewhere, and then being 18 and living in New York and having a city at your disposal.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

I don't want our right to be able to speak and dissent to be taken away.

I think both comedy and dissent are liberating, for the listener as well!

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy.

But, I think that as long as you have a distinct voice and personality, you can kind of dress how you want.

It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.

Every district is going to be different, but if you wanted me to give advice to those candidates: Run your own campaign, the DCCC does not run your campaign. Figure out ways to raise money from small-dollar donors, and put some real energy into that because that will give you freedom to say no to big donors.

And I think every woman can be a diva, and every woman can be just a woman. I think life is a runway, and you can do everything you want. If you want.

I dive as much as I can.

I'm a scuba diver but not certified.

The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.

The world today is divided into the free and the enslaved.

Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

I did have an expensive divorce, but I'm now better off than I was. So I don't need to work, I just love it.

MTV lets us do whatever we want. For me, there is freedom in serving an experienced client who knows what they want and has the money to do it. MTV is that for us.

That's why our country is such a beautiful, beautiful experiment: We manifest, we allow freedom if you follow certain rules and if you work really hard. That's at the root of our cherished values.

Self-government is an experiment. It could still fail.