Quotes About Independence

I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

I think I am different from most blind people because my agility is not that of a blind person - I don't shuffle my feet when I walk. In fact, I have no, as I call them, 'blindisms.'

I built my first car at 16. I was really lucky, because at the back of my parents' house, there was a block of about five garages.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

I think a lot of parents hand people over a blueprint and say, 'This is how you're supposed to do it.' And my parents, I think, kind of drew a picture and said, 'Here's the good stuff in life. How do you get there?'

When you've worked as hard as I have to form your identity, the last thing you want is to blur where you end and someone else begins.

I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders.

I have a house with its own dock and I can take my boat out when I want.

As a child, I always wanted to live on a boat.

I miss Bob, but I don't want another marriage.

I think that people should absolutely be allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies and to live the life they want to lead.

America does not always need to be the world's bodyguard.

I'm not a security-type person: I don't want to have bodyguards around me. I'm not into all that.

I want everyone to recognize and know me. I don't want bodyguards. I want to be able to go out into the masses.

There's so much boldness in living life this way, and we did it all, and no one can take it away from us.

Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.

I enjoy independent music, even more than Bollywood.

I don't have anybody in my life who's connected to the industry. I don't have a producer dad. I don't have friends in Bollywood. I really don't know how to go about it.

I'm not really Bond girl material, and that's fine by me. I'm a grafter; I'm not a star.

I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo.

People want to boo me, let them boo me.

Christian bookstores have banned our records, but we don't need them.