Quotes About Autonomy

What other people think of me is not my business.

T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.

Whenever my behavior is biologically determined or socially conditioned, it is not truly free. To act freely, according to Kant, is to act autonomously. And to act autonomously is to act according to a law I give myself—not according to the dictates of nature or social convention.

The revolution has to be self-liberation.

Who cares what other people think?" says Alexander. "It's not their team.")

Chris, you and I are so smart that we can leave the victory party two hours early and do the transition ourselves.

Who cares what other people think?" says Alexander. "It's not their team.") In

why its Lessons Learned website was dumb. The gist of it was that people don't learn what is imposed upon them but rather what they freely seek, out of desire or need. For people to learn, they need to want to learn. "How many times have you traveled by air?" Carter began, in his report to his superiors.

Much is made of a kind heart," he said. "I'm more of a feed-yourself-or-die kind of guy.

would never again let the market dictate the direction of his life.

Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution.

Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency - which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndaclist revolution.

Like Frank Sinatra, I'm doing it my way.

No one controlled Frank Sinatra or told him how to sing. No secret group of managers has been telling someone like Jay-Z what to do or how to look. And no one tells me what to do except me and the people who believe in me.

I was emancipated at 15. I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since, I've been on my own, parenting myself.

I'll sing for my films only when I want to.

I was 28, and my mom was living with me. I had to decide. You have to claim it; you can't ask permission. After a gig in Singapore, she went home, I went to New York on my own, I packed her stuff in boxes and sent it home. I don't think she liked me for a while for doing that. It was something I needed to do to carve out my own space.

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

When you are single and have no dependents, you should be able to do whatever you want as long as it doesn't adversely effect other people.

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.

To release a single, a musician no longer needs to rely on a big label or production house, which are usually inaccessible.

I don't like being singled out.