Quotes About Independence

You can't rely on the approval of others. I used to always look for praise from my directors to reassure myself that I was doing a good job. I don't do that anymore.

My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.

Don't think you have to be good because you're the only one left. Be as bad as you like.

In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!

It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.

Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.

I'm not very good at being a wife because I break all the rules.

As long as you make your own decision and do thing because it feels good to you, there will always be people who agree and people who don't.

A good teacher always refuses to have disciples! Let everyone goes his own way, in his own path instead of following others! If the direction is correct, there will be a meeting in the same place!

I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

If somebody needs, like, a phone call every day or some kind of constant companionship, I'm not a really good friend for them. I can talk to my best friend every couple years and be really happy.

I'm going to do my job and I don't care if I'm not friends with anybody. I don't need to be best friends with all my co-workers to do a good job.

Shun advice at any price - that's what I call good advice.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

The good thing about the Anvil school of filmmaking was that it was fly by the seat of your pants. There was no safety net.

The good thing about breaking up is that you have nothing else to lose.

If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make a really good-looking movie right for ten grand, if you have an idea.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.

I've been a Democrat, I've been a Republican, and I eventually became an independent because I don't believe either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership.

I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad Filipino government might be, we can always change it.

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.

The basis of any independent government is a national language, and we can no longer continue aping our former colonizers ... those who feel they cannot do without English can as well pack up and go.