Quotes About Independence

I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away.

An independent Scotland could be far more internationalist and would benefit a great deal from links to both Scandinavia and states in other continents.

I use maps in my phone a great deal because I can't tell left from right. Having easy access to maps has given me a completely different life. When I first moved to London, I couldn't get anywhere and spent so much money on cabs because I couldn't figure it out.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.

I think the great thing about 'Ashes To Ashes' is that it is very much its own show.

That's the great thing about women is they are multitaskers, and they can do it all.

As long as you have a firm foundation elsewhere and don't depend on other people to make you feel good or bad, then I think Twitter can be a great thing.

It's a great thing about this Internet thing we've got going. I have the luxury of not going through filters or network execs to do my art.

I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own.

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

A great time in my life was being totally single and actively not dating. Just saying, 'I'm gonna not be in a relationship. I'm gonna not date.' That was a super fun, awesome time.

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The greatest luxury is being free.

That's the greatest thing about America, freedom that we have.

The 'Lone Star' experience was tough at the time, but it really allowed me to look at things from a 3,000-foot high view. You can think something is the greatest thing in the world, but, as we know, anything can happen. It really taught me that I always want to make choices that I believe in artistically. No one can take that away from you.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

I have the travel documents. I have a green card. I can go anywhere.

I don't feel comfortable with the idea that my only gateway into doing what I love to do is auditioning for other people to give me the green light and say that I'm allowed to do it, or that I'm allowed to play this role, or that I'm allowed to be in this movie. I would feel much more comfortable making those opportunities for myself.

I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don't even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own.

That first year I was doing 'Grey's,' I didn't know it was possible to fire the creator of a show off their own show, so I didn't behave like somebody who was afraid of being fired.

No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.

One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.