Independence quotes
130 independence quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: The House That Jack Built
“An artist must be cynical and not worry about the welfare of humans or Gods in his art.”
- From the movie: Cecil B. DeMented
“I'm a prophet against profit!”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“There's one more thing you better understand. I have taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture - I can even pat myself on the back when necessary - all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything. There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.”
- From the movie: Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
“Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.”
- From the movie: My Brilliant Career
“Loneliness is a terrible price to pay for independence. Sybylla, don't throw away reality for some impossible dream.”
- From the movie: Terror Firmer
“Don't give up the fight for truly independent cinema!”
- From the movie: The First Wives Club
“Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don't get mad, get everything.”
- From the movie: She's Gotta Have It
“It's really about control, my body, my mind. Who was going to own it? Them? Or me? I'm not a one-man woman. Bottom line.”
- From the movie: Dangerous Liaisons
“- Vicomte de Valmont: I often wonder how you manage to invent yourself.
- Marquise de Merteuil: Well, I had no choice, did I? I'm a woman. Women are obliged to be far more skillful than men. You can ruin our reputation and our life with a few well-chosen words. So, of course, I had to invent, not only myself, but ways of escape no one has every...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Liquid Sky
“I was taught that I should come to New York, become an independent woman. And my prince would come, and he would be an agent, and he would get me a role, and I would make my living waiting on tables. I would wait - till thirty, till forty, till fifty. And I was taught that to be an actress, one should be fashionable, and to be fashionable is to...” (continue)(continue reading)
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.”
- From the movie: Rio Bravo
“- Pat Wheeler: I told him you were one of the best.
- Colorado Ryan: Well, I'll tell you what I'm a lot better at, Mr. Wheeler... that's minding my own business.” - From the movie: From Here to Eternity
- Robert E. Lee "Prew' Prewitt: A man don't go his own way, he's nothing.
- Sergeant Milton Warden: Maybe back in the days of the pioneers a man could go his own way, but today you got to play ball. - From the movie: Queen of the Desert
“- Gertrude Bell: Even if you do not hear from me for several months, pay no attention and send no one.
- Charles Doughty-Wylie: The Druzes will take you for a spy.
- Gertrude Bell: Yes, well maybe I am. Maybe I am a spy. But I am a spy for no one. No one but myself.” - From the movie: Live by Night
“We do what we wanna do. Go where we wanna go.”
- From the movie: White Heat
- From the movie: Repulsion
“We all have to lead our own lives in the end, you know.”
“If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.”
- From the movie: Niagara
“Why should the Falls drag me down here at 5 o'clock in the morning? To show me how big they are and how small I am? To remind me they can get along without any help? All right, so they've proved it. But why not? They've had ten thousand years to get independent. What's so wonderful about that? I suppose I could too, only it might take a little...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Bad Times at the El Royale
“Tonight we get to be our own gods.”
- From the movie: Higher Learning
- From the movie: You Light Up My Life
“I learned something today, pop. It was really painful, but I learned something. I learned that I have to depend on myself. I can't depend on anybody else and that's ok. You know why? Because I'm a really good person to depend on.”
- From the movie: The Sound of Music
“Fond as I am of you, I really don't think you're the right man for me. You're, um... you're much too independent. And I... I need someone who needs me desperately, or at least needs my money desperately.”
- From the movie: Center Stage
“I do ballet because it has nothing to do with the people. Give me tiaras and boys in tights any day.”
- From the movie: Atomic Blonde
“I'm my own bitch now!”
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