Quotes About Autonomy

I became a free agent in 1999. I retired, that's how I got out of my contract. From that moment on, I've always been in control of my own destiny.

Any time you have to tell work where you're at and what you're doing, that's considered an employee, not a contractor.

At the end of the day, everyone is repsonsible for their own contracts. Nobody forced us to sign them.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

I wasn't going to let anything control me.

I can't control other people, what their beliefs are.

I very much want to do things my way, and I want to control the result.

I don't really like being controlled by anyone.

I don't want anyone controlling me.

I like to have control over what I'm doing, and that no one else is controlling me.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.

When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.

Nobody controls me but me.

Who gets to decide the robotic bill of rights? It's going to be controversial.

I wanted to convey the message of how I do what I want and how I run my own business, and I'm a woman in charge. I want all of my fans to know that that's possible and feel empowered when they listen to my music.

If I am comfortable doing work in a certain way, then I will do it my way with conviction.

I've always made my own decisions and selected a script on my own conviction.

You can't convince people of certain things. You let them think what they want to think.

I don't have to convince anybody to do anything. I'm not in the head of any of my team-mates.

It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.'

It is easier to produce a film on your own than convincing another person to come on board.

I don't get to cook in my own restaurant.

By the time my brother was 8, he was cooking breakfast and dinner for us. And I was 5.