Quotes About Independence

If I go to the city, I'm happy that I'm free, that nobody knows who I am. I guess we have done a good job there in keeping the private life really private.

I'd rather be left to my own private life as much as be possible.

I do like having a private life.

There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I'm independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I'm positive, I'm disciplined, I like my life in order, and I'm neat as a pin.

I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.

I'm an only child; I'm a very private person.

My father died when I was young, and my mother, Ruth, went to work in an office selling theater and movie parties. She put me through private school, Horace Mann, in Riverdale. She sent me to camp so that I would learn to compete. She was a lioness, and I was her cub.

I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.

The private sector doesn't sit around and say - 'Well, since the president said we should do this, we should do it.'

I can't imagine anything worse than being in a position that you're not allowed to live your life privately.

Being government funded does not necessarily mean being biased, just like being privately funded does not necessarily mean being independent.

We were allowed to make mistakes. I mean that is a real privilege, to be able to go your own way, find your voice, just have a support system that allows you to do all that.

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Millions of Americans are denied the privilege of driving on health grounds.

I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great.

I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.

I'm not obsessed with the idea of fame or lots of money or social power. I can actually do want I want to do - I'm free - isn't that the greatest prize?

When I went to Burnley I'd only been a pro for 14 months. I wasn't even entirely sure where it was! I always lived at home with my mum and dad and it's a long way from Bournemouth.

I went to sleep away camp seven years in a row. I was such a pro.

I'm not one of those women who's like pro women. I'm an individual, and I'm in an individual sport. So I see everyone as individuals, not as male or female.

I would not change my career to be a pro athlete. A team could trade me and my band cannot!

My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.