Quotes About Autonomy

Just because you listen to The National, Spotify might tell you that you want to listen to The Lumineers' music. Well, maybe you don't.

I was someone's younger sibling and I finally have my own voice and my own spotlight.

What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?

Once you have set the goal, give your staff the space to get there. If you micromanage, you will be able to do very little.

My staff are pretty protective, it drives me nuts. I like to just do my own thing, that's pretty well it.

To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over one's life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as a liberation from paternal authority. Today we regard it more as a time of regret and stagnation.

I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups.

When 'Siruthai' became a hit, there was suddenly a lot at stake. A lot of people were telling me what to do and what not to. But at some point, you realise that's not the way to go. Good or bad, you need to be making your own choices.

I personally couldn't care less who's in the stall next to me as long as I don't have to see what you're doing in there.

AAP's Punjab Convener is not a rubber stamp.

Never was my political stance determined by the men I was with. I had my own ideas.

I cannot stand authority.

I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor - I can't stand it when you have actors who are trying to leverage directors into doing things they don't want to do.

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.

I have my own goals, standards and have my own pressure.

For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.

You have to empower your sales staff to use their judgment and go beyond the standards set down on paper and by the computer.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.