Quotes About Independence

They all agreed that under communism they had been just as poor, but at least there was food and security, whereas independence had brought them only ruin and abandonment.

Era broma, claro, porque lo más temible de la vejez no es la soledad, sino la dependencia.

According to Cecilia, Valdivia's star rose when he met me and began to decline when he left me behind, a frightening theory because I do not want the glory for his successes or the guilt for his failures. Each of us is master of his or her own destiny.

ninguna mujer razonable desea un marido a jornada

para complacer a un hombre era mucho trabajo; sería más práctico que él buscara una mujer a su gusto.

Trabajo para mí, lo que gano me lo gasto como quiero. Me ha costado mucho, no crea que ha sido fácil

con sus ahorros le pagó veinte pesos a un cura para que le enseñara a leer y escribir y con los tres que le sobraron se compró un diccionario. Lo revisó desde la A hasta la Z y luego lo lanzó al mar, porque no era su intención estafar a los clientes con palabras envasadas.

You can be free from everything but the consequences of what you do.

When I was starting out I was way too scared to ask real directors how to do it or ask for advice, I'm really kind of New Zealand like that.

Led Zeppelin wasn't a corporate entity.

We want to be one of those bands that made their own way - a U2, a Led Zeppelin, a Red Hot Chili Peppers. I don't want to be a 'Behind the Music.'

I applied to zero colleges.

'Memoryhouse' came out, and there wasn't a single review and zero sales, and after about a year, it was deleted. So I recorded The 'Blue Notebooks' on a little indie label, and my attitude was, 'Well, if nobody is listening, I might as well keep doing what I'm doing'.

I grew up with my dad. He was very eccentric. I had zero supervision in New York. It's kind of like I was an orphan.

Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

The only thing I wanted when I left school was independence. I had been at boarding school for many years. When you're boarding, nothing is your own and your whole day is scheduled. You're told when to sleep, what to eat and when. You have zero independence.

We made 'Pieces' in Cleveland with zero connections to the film business. Absolutely zero.

My career had zero to do with whether or not my husband also worked. It had everything to do with personal identity, personal goals, and making the most of my life.

I love the BBC. I love working with the BBC. They leave you alone; they give you zero notes. It's like being on vacation.

Zero budget filmmaking is frustrating but also liberating.

So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe will never be a colony again.

The struggle for Zimbabwe lit up the imagination of people around the world. In London, New York, Accra and Lagos, bell-bottomed men and women with big hair and towering platform shoes sang the dream of Zimbabwe in the words of the eponymous song by Bob Marley: Every man has the right to decide his own destiny.