Quotes About Autonomy

The final disease that nature inflicts on us will determine the atmosphere in which we take our leave of life, but our own choices should be allowed, insofar as possible, to be the decisive factor in the manner of our going.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.

I am a woman who, you know, I run my own business. I don't need a man financially, for anything, but just to be a companion.

Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

I think a lot of your 20s is trying to figure out who you are - you're on your own; you've got you first job. You've got your first apartment. You're living away from your parents. You're just discovering who you are.

One of the first things that the First Nations are going to have to decide is, is it going to 640 communities, or is it, in fact, going to be some 50 to 60 nations.

I like to come and go as I please which means I'm not anxious to dash back from the studio to fix dinner for a man.

In general, if I owned a sports team, no matter what team it was, and someone asked me, 'Hey, you won the championship. Would you go to the White House?' I'd say, hey, guys, you won the championship. You decide what you want to do.

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Who am I to say anybody can't do what they want to do and create their own destiny if they believe in something?

So the point is, I don't have a right to tell anybody what's right or wrong about their lives. Who am I to tell you at any given moment of the day what would be right for you?

If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog, if it makes you happy, who am I to disagree, as the song goes. But it's not for me. I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

Who am I to tell people what to do with their own careers and how they're doing?

There's nobody who cares more about you than you, and there's nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

If you had an ex-wife, and it was a pretty bitter split, you might not ever want to talk to her again. Who cares if everybody in the family and your friends want you to say hello again? It's your choice whether you want to do it or not.