Quotes About Independence

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

I'm just lucky because my kids are grown-up - I love them, very proud of them, and we are in close contact as big-time friends, but they don't need me that much now and I can actually enjoy this wonderful world of music.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.

I would much rather my daughter, when she grows up, do what she wants to do because she wants to do it, not because of what someone else thinks.

I can't guarantee a husband, but by freezing my eggs, I can guarantee kids.

I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.

Ever since I was 15, when I did my first movie by myself, where my mom wasn't there and I had a guardian, I got to know the crew, and I got to be part of a group and a family. I love that part of it, the friendships that you make.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

I always resented having a guardian and the restrictions of going to school at the studio.

I don't want anybody guarding me. I want to be free; I want to be left alone... I would like to go out there and have no one know me, but at the same time, it would bother me, y'know.

I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.

When I started my career as an actor, I had no guidance from anyone.

I've had a guide dog since 1969. Not the same one, of course: I've had five.

A person takes his own path. My father tried to guide me the best way he thought I should go, and it didn't work. I went the way I wanted to.

I think she's great because she - the choices are mine, essentially, and she's just there to guide me. She's my manager, but I feel like she's more of a mom. Although she helps me with certain things, she's still my mom.

I started working at the age of 16 and since then my mother has been my guide. She has always advised me.

I've had a sense of self-determination and strength that have carried me through. Hopefully I can bring that into my work and guide other people to do the same.

I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.

In Buddhism, you have to believe in yourself. You don't believe something external guides your life. You do it yourself.

If I want to make the first move, I want to go after something in my life, I should be able to do that without shame, guilt, or blame.

When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.

I still feel guilty buying something without asking my mother first. It's ridiculous. I'll call her and be like, 'I saw this dress, can I get it?' And she'll say, 'Margaret, whatever. Get the dress.'