Quotes About Autonomy

I'm a believer that players are good self-directors, and I think one thing that's good about video games is they can direct their own experience.

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

I still direct my own videos.

All my records were dance-oriented, and all the hassle with major labels about changing my records, release dates, videos - everything was out of my hands. I always had to deal with somebody else, and I had a different perspective on a lot of things.

From the moral as from the intellectual point of view, the child is born neither good nor bad but master of his destiny.

My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance.

No, I don't think I've ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing.

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.

Sara grinned at that. "A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do.

There's no such thing as an old maid.' 'Wh-what woould you call a middle-aged lady who's never married?' 'A woman with standards?

I don't want you to change your life for me. You'll have to make the same decision every day, over and over—it must be for yourself alone. Otherwise you will come to resent me.

you don't need Mom and Dad's permission to take charge of your own life. Find something you want to do, and don't give up on it. You can start tomorrow.

It's none of your concern about how I lead my life or who pays for it. I don't care about your opinions, and you have no right to force them on me.

It's not all about what you want. It's also about what she wants. No matter what your intentions, most women don't like it when you make their decisions for them.

My body is my own, to be shared or withheld as I choose.

A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do. — [Sara]

1809If I felt at times under-supervised, it was this same freedom that stands out as one of the pleasures of my childhood.

If I felt at times undersuprvised, it was this same freedom that stands out as one of the pleasures of my childhood.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

I was willing to be my own rescuer at the risk of your approval.

Just remember that people make their own choices, and then they live with them. We can try to change them, but we can't make their choices for them. If you do everything you can to help, you have to accept the outcome they bring on themselves.

The ability to become a person of our own making is the perfect lie. I concede that it might appear that some

Your staying or leaving doesn't impact the premise of your demand, which seems to be that I have no control over myself. That's wrong. I decide who destroys me, not you, Mark Compton.

I know, deep in my heart and soul, that I have to own how I allow myself to process life, how I allow events and people to affect me. I define my character. They do not.