Quotes About Autonomy

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

I like things my own way. I like the window open at night, for instance, and I'm too intolerant to adjust to other people's habits.

Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service.

I was going to change my name to Sophie Windsor, but then I decided not to. I prefer to go into the room just as Sophie Winkleman.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Don't put wings on me; I am no angel.

My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

In many households today, the woman is also a bread winner and with this financial independence comes the power of making choices.

The AV ecosystem is constantly evolving, and no single winner will be crowned.

I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

Texas is a pretty free state.

Texas kind of operates as if we're our own little country.

Sending a text and not having to talk takes the pressure off. You are always in control of digital conversations.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'.

Being independent opens the doors to so many other things for you.

The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.

The hardest thing is not caring about other people's opinions.

I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.