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Quotes About Independence

When I left Facebook, I left an enormous amount of equity on the table. I thought, 'I don't want to be a slave to money. I want to be a slave to something bigger: an ambition, a goal.'
~ Chamath Palihapitiya
I have control of my recurrent corneal erosion, as opposed to it having control of me.
~ Shannon Bream
Some dogs are escape artists.
~ Manu Ginobili
I did everything I can to be free and escaped.
~ Park Yeon-mi
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
~ Mikhail Bakunin
I had to work on my own to establish myself.
~ Yo Yo Honey Singh
All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.'
~ Unknown
I think I've established my own identity here at Brandeis.
~ Christie Hefner
If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment.
~ Jimi Hendrix
When I left Estonia, I was 16. I just wanted to leave; I wanted to see the world so much.
~ Kerli
When it comes to work ethics and business, I look up to Aziz Ansari. He's got everything together on his own terms. He does stand-up, comes out with books, and has his own show.
~ Karan Soni
My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was the whole ethos of my family.
~ Tara Westover
Genuinely, as a mum, all the sunlit uplands are when we leave the European Union.
~ Andrea Leadsom
Only Europeans can decide what is best for Europe.
~ Matteo Salvini
'Eve's Daughter' - that's like, 'Make way, women are cool.' I feel like it's my responsibility to try and do at least a little bit for my own daughter.
~ Amanda Shires
I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.
~ Sean Connery
I don't need to come back to Everest.
~ Ueli Steck
I can't tell you how much I enjoy being single. I am enjoying it every moment, every second.
~ Mimi Chakraborty
I guess I don't want everyone to know what I'm doing every second.
~ Devendra Banhart
Everybody is their own person.
~ Allen Iverson
Just because everybody else does something isn't a good enough reason to do anything.
~ John Stockton
I don't follow what everybody else does.
~ Donald Byrd
I have to keep doing me. I have to not look at what everybody else is doing, or what everybody else thinks should be happening right now.
~ Gabriella Wilson
Truly blessed are those who have their own solitary time and space. They are not easily shaken by the praise or criticism of the world. When they are weakened and worn down by things that are not true, they can always regain strength by entering that time and space of solitude.
~ Ilchi Lee