Quotes About Independence

The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.

Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us.

It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.

I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself...I'll run to be emancipated.

At times I ask myself if I shouldnt be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

No one runs your life unless you let them. And you have more power than you think.

Ive been more single than not in my short life.

I started producing out of necessity. It's not that I want to become a full time producer, but it gives me control over my creative life.

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

I know the youth of India. They are not merely asking for things. The youth wants to stand of their own feet and live a life of pride and dignity.

I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it myself, its my personal preference to always be in control of everything I do in life.

And so he did the hardest thing he'd ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away.

There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet.

I have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me.

A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.

Generally I don't like traveling around saying the exact same thing. I don't think that's a very good thing to do with your life.

Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.

I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.

I've just always had a boyfriend my whole life, and I've - now I'm really focusing on myself and I think that's more important right now.

I liked being able to portray a woman at this particular age and at this point in her life.

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.