Quotes About Independence

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.

I'm nervous about moving away from my family. That's one thing that I'm really scared of, but I feel like it'll be good for me to live on my own for a bit and really knuckle down on what I really love and study.

All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying the nest. It was an amazing experience.

The myth that young people should leave the nest at 18, never to return, started with iconic American Benjamin Franklin.

It was hard for me to leave the nest, but my mom is super proud of me. She said, 'You became independent really quickly, and I'm so proud of you,' but she misses me all the same.

I wanted to build up a little nest egg and go back to L.A. and choose roles that I wanted to do instead of roles that I had to do to pay the bills.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.

I love living without a net.

Long before 2020, many Americans were in the position of patching their own safety net and acting as their own city hall.

It was a big step for me in the Netherlands: to leave home at the age of 18.

I don't believe in having safety nets - you'll end up using them!

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

A network did not make me, and therefore, a network cannot break me.

Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are activists within the movement that want to do that independently, they should feel free, and if that's what makes sense for their local conditions, that's fantastic.

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.

You have social networking, and you can do things efficiently without the might of a big label.

Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

You never forget the airplane you soloed.

Would I marry again? No. But never say never. Why marry? It's a beautiful fortress, but I don't need it.

I do know that I would never - though you should never say never - work with a decorator, because I don't want to see the touch of someone else in my own space.

Never say never, I find I get claustrophobic in a relationship.

Never take an elevator in city hall.

I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.