Quotes About Independence

People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.

People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.

with her ex and didn't want to be

I left home because I was hungry.

From the time they hit middle school, they start moving away from home. They are not doing anything wrong; it's just the way they are made. They are becoming independent, and they begin redefining themselves through the eyes other people who are not in their immediate family. The older they get, the more important it is to have other voices in their lies saying the same things but in a different way.

Betsy was impulsive in every area save one. Where men were concerned, she'd never ventured anything. Let others wear their hearts on their sleeves; let others chase after masculine attention. Betsy had more interesting pursuits.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

Adelaide nodded. "I don't suspect you need my intervention any longer.

It's perfectly acceptable to survive, even if others didn't.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.

I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living

Siempre he considerado un acto miserable mendigar la vida como un favor. O se vive como uno desea, o es mejor no seguir viviendo

Cuba will be free. I already am.

What gives me strength is the feeling of being independent. In effect, I'm really just a dilettante. I've lived, explored, and worked - but only in nonjobs. I've often achieved success against all the predictions. And I've done it by following a very simple pattern of behavior: stick at it and do everything in my power to make it happen.

I would rather be ostracized than assimilated! I read recently that my greatest accomplishment was my unerring ability to make myself unpopular.

Wem die Fähigkeit abhandengekommen ist, selbstbestimmt zu handeln, ist aber nicht meinesgleichen.

Pourquoi cet absurde besoin de savoir ? Et si les hommes veulent être heureux, qu'ils se chargent eux-mêmes de leur bonheur !

Our unending discords are the ransom of our freedom.

She was by no means one of the great refusers. Not an existentialist hero, or a Rosa Parks, or even a Bartleby.

America was an iceberg shattered into a billion fragments, and on each stood a person, rotating like an ice floe in a storm.

Snow girl was glad she had left her own feelings behind.