Quotes About Independence

I dropped out of school, but I didn't drop out of life. I would leave the house each morning and go to the main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland where they had all the books in the world... I felt suddenly liberated from the constraints of a pre-arranged curriculum that labored through one book in eight months.

I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.

I've always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I've been lucky about is I didn't bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

Everything is always on the table. I think it's one of the things that's made 'Arrow' special. But we also all collectively feel like 'The Flash' needs to stand on its own two feet, now that it's gotten its launch from 'Arrow.'

One of the things about Fleetwood Mac is, when we're not together, we don't talk a lot or keep in touch. We keep a healthy distance.

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

No matter what happens, I'm still Perez Hilton. I'm bigger than any one app or any one thing.

I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.

I've never jumped back into a relationship and I've never had a one-night stand, so even if lockdown hadn't happened, I don't think I would have been with any guys.

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.

I just do my own thing, and my flower continues to blossom like one of those delicious Bloomin' Onions from Outback Steakhouse.

I get up in the morning, do my e-mail, I check my e-mails all day. I'll go online and I'll buy my books at Amazon.com, but I don't want to buy all of them because I want to go to Duttons and I want to buy books from another human being.

I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

I'm an only child, and I don't mind being alone.

Because I was an only child, I don't like many people around, and that's why I don't have any servants.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

I was an only child and I wasn't going to share anything with anybody.

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.

I grew up as an only child.

I'm an only child, and in college, I was given a single, and then I lived with people for, like, two years but were my best friends, and we had a really fun time. And then I lived alone or with a boyfriend. I've never really had a bad roommate situation.