Quotes About Independence

He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.

I bike everywhere.

At 19 I left school and embarked on a 9-day bike ride with friends from London to Monte Carlo.

I started learning to ride a bike when I was 18.

I wouldn't want to be filmed in a bikini for 24 hours a day.

I didn't want anyone to teach me how to hit a forehand or hit 600 backhands. I don't need that. I've hit a billion in my lifetime.

I like to be able to go out to dinner once in a while. I like to be able to drive my MG up the McKenzie River on a weekday afternoon. I like to be able to pay my bills on time.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.

I've never needed a man to pay my bills or buy me things.

The woman who gave birth to me, I don't have a relationship with. I'm not looking for one, either.

From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.

I can't sit around and be bitter all the time. I have to go out and create my own little world, one that won't change when I'm not ready for it to.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.

You cannot always blame others if things go wrong.

I struggle because I really don't want to be married again - can you blame me? - but I don't want to be alone.

I think that I'm a very independent person, so I need somebody who's independent and strong within themselves as well. I don't necessarily need somebody in order to get things done. I don't need a blanket, do you know what I mean?

The Blanks has just been a godsend because I don't have to sit around waiting for the phone to ring and I get to go out and be gainfully employed while I'm waiting for another job.

My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing.

It's such a blessing having no family.