Quotes About Independence

Moving to New York City by myself at 17 was certainly my bravest moment. I bought a one-way ticket and stayed with a friend of a friend and figured it out along the way.

I was a very independent, successful girl. I made my own money, I bought my own airline tickets. When I got a paycheck, I went to Bergdorf and I bought my own clothes. There were no rock stars buying me my clothes.

I started off in sports centers with no promoter, no TV, no backing, just me, my bag and Oliver Harrison, having to sell tickets.

Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they are.

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.

Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

I've never been tied to one party or one candidate or even one institution. And that's true even with one church as a Christian. I'm committed to truth and justice.

Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them.

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

Being an entrepreneur does, of course, give you greater freedom than someone who is tied to a fixed work schedule, but you'd be mistaken to think that you're going to have it easier than your 9-5 counterparts.

That's the beauty of the Internet is that we're no longer tied to our communities by physical connections.

The BJP is not a party dependent on a single individual, nor is it tied to the apron strings of a family.

I don't think of myself as being tied.

U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.

Taking over our own business and running it ourselves has tied us even more to our fans.

I don't think anybody in the NFL is tied to each other.

I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.

I had many luxuries in life, even before I tied the knot.

To be an actor, it's really tough to find your own voice because you're always tied to other characters and going to auditions and trying to get a job, hoping they'll pick you. And I think it's just so important for an actor to have something else that's creative, something that's creative and you're in charge of.

One of the unique things about 'American Horror Story' is, it's very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don't want to be tied down to a seven-year contract. So my deal with the cast is: you're free after every year: you can come back, or you cannot come back.

My feeling for Liverpool does not mean I'm tied to them.

I wouldn't want to take a job that I got tied into for six years - that just doesn't interest me.