Quotes About Independence

When I was 15, Dad left the family for good. I didn't want to believe it at the time, but the fact was that he deserted us kids and abandoned Mom after 25 years of marriage.

Only you can give yourself the love you need and deserve.

This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.

If I did meet somebody, I would only ever make room for someone that loved me how I deserved to be loved. Until then... I've got my shoes, I've got my album, my dog.

What I want to do for Mom - I want her to be able to understand that she can do anything she wants. I want her to be able to say, 'I've never been to so-and-so,' and go. She deserves that.

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.

When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.

Three cheers for the artistry of the lone designer doing his thing!

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

I work from home a lot. I think I get as much work done at the office as at home, and I'm used to working with people who don't work in the office. I don't really care where they are, even if they're on a banana leaf somewhere. If they deliver their work, I am completely fine. I don't need someone sitting at their desk to produce.

I think the fact that all women get branded as the same, desperate for love, desperate for children, is just a really unmodern attitude.

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland.

I despise places where you have to have an assigned seat. Makes me feel like I'm at the airport.

When the people want to retake their destiny in hand, they can do it, despite this ceaseless campaign of denigration and infantilization.

I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.

Marriage was never a destination with me.

I never had a boss in my whole life. I've totally destroyed anybody's ability to tell me what to do.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.

While I do not want to live my life like Lemmy chose to live his, I can't help but admire the strength and determination it took for Lem to do it all on his own terms and remain true to himself.

I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.

If people like something you've done - or don't like it - this shouldn't determine what you write or how you write it. Those are two separate things entirely: your work and the world's response to it.

The only opinion that really affects me is my own opinion of myself because I determine the way I am, not anyone else.

I'm in a situation where I can determine my own future.

I've always been very determined to do things my own way and people can expect that from me.