Quotes About Autonomy

I don't know if people really want to know how I feel about drugs. I'm not such a stickler. I believe you can choose to live your life any way you want

I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

I really only have Perfect Fun with myself. Other people won't stop and look at the things I want to look at or, if they do, they stop to please me or to humor me or to keep the peace.

You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.

I live in a one bedroom apartment by myself which is cool. I like to have my stuff exactly where I want it, so living alone is good for me.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.

Children need to grow up and make their own decisions - how they want to pierce their bodies or do whatever they need to.

Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its really one of the first autonomous things we do, picking the books we want to read.

If you ask her to do things on command, like clap or walk, she just shuts down. She does not want to perform.

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it.

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.

I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.

Keep your sense of self; don't get caught up in what people want you to be.

I just go at my own pace and I like control of the TV and I like to decide when I take a shower and wash the dishes and stuff like that. So I don't know who would want to live with me to be honest!

Freedom. Sometimes it isn't what you thought it was when you wanted it to start with. When you can do anything you want, choosing's not easy.

I wish to live for myself. I should never want to be trapped.

I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.