Quotes About Independence

At some point, we have to move away from the pack to take certain journeys on our own.

I don't limit myself. I think that's what this lifestyle allows for you - freedom to sort of do more than the average housewife. The average housewife can't pack up with her husband and go off to Europe for a tour, 'cause usually the average housewife's husband won't let her go.

I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.

I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion with 600 other kids, no home-cooked food, no made-to-order clothes. It was a shock, but I adjusted.

My kids, who are grown now and living in L.A., are used to me packing up and taking off to somewhere weird.

I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.

I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.

My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson. I just loved the power of that, of being able to put a letter on the page and that letter meaning something.

My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.

Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.

I paid my own bills even when I was married and my husband could have easily paid them.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

I get to do what I want. And I get paid millions of dollars to do it.

If you live your life as a hostage to everybody else's decision, you either have to live a very narrow life, or you have to spend a lot of time in pain.

It's painful to see that after Independence, India hasn't won a single Olympic medal in athletics.

The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world.

I mean my mother always wanted us to be individuals. She always instilled that into our brains which was incredibly painful for an adolescent to deal with.

If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.

I paint what I like, when I like and where I like.

I paint my own nails and only get my hair cut when it really needs it.

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

When you own a pair of haircutting scissors, you cut your own hair constantly.

I understand that if I really need my hair to be nice, now I hire someone to do it, and I understand that putting on a pair of heels really makes a difference.