“ There are 2 types of artist:those who create for others in mindthose who create for themselveseither way, none are truly independent. Natasha Tsakos
“ Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. William J. Clinton
“ I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone. Katharine Hepburn
“ The notion that women shouldn't care about personal success -- or the work that gets them there -- is disengenuous; it is impossible for women not to have jobs anymore, so it doesn't make sense to exp… Samhita Mukhopadhyay
“ If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valian… William Shakespeare
“ I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they're d… Howard Zinn
“ I'd rather apologize to you for not being who you want me to be than apologize to God for not being who I should be. Garrett McCoy
“ There was a basic harmony between Antonia and her mistress [Mrs. Harling]. They had strong, independent natures, both of them. They knew what they liked, and were not always trying to imitate other pe… Willa Cather
“ She was gracious and yet fading, like an old statue in a garden, that symbolizes the weather through which it has endured, and is not so much the work of man as the work of wind and rain and the herd… Djuna Barnes
“ Once a woman is comfortable in her own skin, living her own life and building a foundation by herself; it takes one heck of a man to make her want to sacrifice her independence. Nikki Rowe
“ When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment. Warren Farrell
