Quotes About Independence

I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.

When you disagree with somebody else, they often tend to get very defensive. But that doesn't stop me from doing the kind of work that I want to do.

My success as a young athlete contributed to major disagreements between my parents and my mom had to make the ultimate decision to leave.

I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.

When I was given a tricycle, aged eight, I'd disappear for hours and do my own thing.

Living together places a huge burden on the other person to be lover, friend, entertainments manager, chef, domestic help, which is almost impossible and can lead to disappointment. If you don't live together, you spend more time with other people and ease the pressure off your lover.

I was never good at school, couldn't get a job. I was a disaster when I tried to do things the way the world wanted me to.

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

I'm going to discipline my kids, and can't no one tell me how to discipline my kids.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

I've never been able to accept any kind of discipline.

I believe this: There is a lot of discipline to be derived from freedom.

People thought I was trying to say that women had no say, no rights. I was not saying that. I was saying that women had a role, a duty. When they want to have a say in government - though in Africa they are not expected to do that - they are not discouraged. They can do what they want to do.

Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.

You discover who you truly are only when you live alone.

I didn't want to sit around and wait for someone to discover me, so I created my own self through the Internet.

I discover a lot of things on my own.

I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.

When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write something down and get someone to play it, I could just type it into the computer and hear it back.

I listen to lots of artists. But I remember discovering John Mayer, whose music made me want to write my own. And so I did.

Let's take back our currency; then we can discuss at what conditions we can stay in the E.U.

I don't discuss my career with my husband.

I don't let many people in. I don't discuss everything. If I don't want to discuss it, I'm not discussing it. I think that annoys the hell out of an awful lot of people.

I had a few passionate discussions with my own coaches, but it wasn't for more playing time or anything like that. It was because, even then, I wanted to run the team my own way.