Quotes About Independence

I always knew my mother was different, different from the other mothers in the way she dressed, the way she spoke, but most obviously, the way she mothered. I remember a slumber party where, instead of a sleeping bag, she urged me to bring a small, inflatable mattress because the dust on the floor was liable to aggravate my allergies.

I always spoke my mind. I didn't go with the flow.

Not to get too deep, but I was brought up by these women who if you wanted to label them, maybe they were feminists, but you know what? They never asked for that or wanted it and they never got up on a soapbox and spoke about it, they just did it. They did their work, they did their jobs, they were who they were.

My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother.

The thing is, I have been diabetic, and I've been saying I'm diabetic; it's just, people don't write about it to showcase it or to bring awareness to it. So those are just the things that weren't spoken about. And, just like everything else, I had to do it myself to be heard.

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

To wait for someone else or to expect someone else to make my life richer or fuller or more satisfying puts me in a constant state of suspension.

When it comes time to do your own life you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under.

I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much.

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

I live by my own rules (reviewed, revised, and approved by my wife).. but still my own.

Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks.

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage.

The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.

Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky.

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.