Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.
My family doesn't interfere in my professional decisions at all.
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.
In a lot of ways, it was a huge relief, not being a member of a troupe, being able to make your own decisions and kind of live your own life.
All of us are in the same place, each with our own rooms, and we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. Which is totally different than college, where they manage your schedule for you. In the NBA, you're on your own.
I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.
It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.
It may sound funny to others, but there is a sense of freedom when I am able to live on my own, and as per my own set standards.
I'm so drastically independent; I don't tend to flourish in relationships.
I'm not a member of a political party, and I feel very, very comfortable being independent. Even if I weren't a journalist - if I were doing whatever - I would be an independent.
I'm an independent type. No one tells me what to do.
It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.
I cannot do politics under someone else's control.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
I walk where I choose to walk.
I love the freedom of having my own space and my own place and doing things on my terms, and not really having to think about anybody else's schedule.
The way I am makes it difficult for guys; I do my own thing the whole time, I'm so independent. If there's someone else in my life I often forget and carry on as normal.
Like most people, I wanted and still want to live by my own rules.
If you ain't got socks, you ain't got much. But if you got 'em, you might as well pull 'em up. It's a statement of self-sufficiency. We should all be more self-governed.
Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.
The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.