Quotes About Independence

I grew up just as my friends did until 19 before leaving home, and it's because of that I am who I am now.

Lebanon first.

My parents never really lecture me.

I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

I just want to be left alone.

I want to leave my own legacy and write my own story.

I don't want to build on someone else's legacy. I wanted to establish my own thing.

And I'm so grateful to have that family name and continue my family's legacy, but I'm also very excited to create my own.

It's important to have the support of your family, but when is time to move away? You have to walk with your own legs one day.

I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

At the end of the day, the less money you have, the easier it is to make a movie.

There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being able to let go of something, especially with 'Peaky.'

My mother set us to an activity and let us be.

If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when an issue comes out, they'll ask, 'What is the government doing about it?'

My parents have been very broad-minded and let us do what we wanted.

As a mom, I want to be that mother that steers her children to be whatever they want to be, but also lets them know that the world will never give them anything.

My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'

I love driving and I love my car, so letting someone else drive my car is impossible. I drive myself everywhere.

I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

Part of being not only a liberal but also a human is to make your own decisions.

Education liberates a woman.

I feel liberated being around women who are liberated.