Quotes About Independence

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.

With it all independent I feel like we're doing it one person at a time turning people into believers one person at a time. Just that good old-fashioned grind, get out there, touch the people.

I'm just enjoying just having a little me time, you know? But it's not that I'm not taking applications.

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.

The Founding Fathers are not just some people that happened to get mad a long time ago and want their freedom. They were special people in addition to what their natural yearnings were.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn't there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?

When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.

There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

It was interesting to portray a character that was so far removed from today's world, but was also at the forefront of feminism at that time.

Spend time with your kids and have your own ideas about what they need. It won't take away your manhood; it will give it to you.

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self.

Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

Artists of the world arise - it's time to dump your dealers.

It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.

Adrian gave me a look that said I was wasting his time. "Because Jet sounds badass.