Quotes About Autonomy

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

Every state aspiring to be part of the free world, able to decide its own destiny, deserves its chance. They may, in a not too distant future, contribute to all of us in ways we cannot imagine today.

We cannot let ourselves be infantalized. We cannot let ourselves be stereotyped.

I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a blue door, you get a blue door. You want it to look neo-Spanish, you get neo-Spanish. Architecture with any authenticity represents resistance. Resistance is a good thing.

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

I thought I was weak and couldn't be on my own. But actually, I can do it; I just need to be a bit braver.

I want to work closely with the government but it doesn't mean I become so weak and just toe the government line.

I never wanted anyone's pity.

I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don't ask for something, you're not going to get it.

When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head.

Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

I don't have a family. I'm not planning one. I don't have to support anyone but me and my dog.

Not married, not planning to also.

I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.

My parents have never given me anything on a plate.

Being a filmmaker in the digital platform has given me complete creative control. I can make what I want, when I want. I don't have to wait to book an audition.

I never forced my boys to play basketball. I only work with them on individual problems when they come to me.

I don't have to play football.

What we've realized is, for us to be happy for the long haul, we have to keep doing what we want to do, or else we won't want to play music with each other anymore.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.