Florynce Kennedy Quotes

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.

Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.

That's what you do when you have a really strict family and you rebel - you just go do whatever you can that would make their skin crawl. I wanted all the sexiest stuff I could find, and that was a very empowering moment for me, to use my money that I earned and buy things that no one else might see me wear - but I was going to wear them and feel powerful.

Somehow I evolved into a person who ceased to ask permission.

I can do whatever I want.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

Freedom lies in being bold.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

I guess my personality is that of a modern, strong Chinese woman. I don't believe in destiny. There are many things that can be changed. I don't like to be defeated by difficulties. I love freedom, so when I am shaping a character, I usually do it the way I want. I always find some part of my own character in a role.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

Don't ask f'r rights. Take thim. An' don't let anny wan give thim to ye. A right that is handed to ye fer nawthin has somethin the matter with it.

I am myne owene woman, wel at ese

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

My father didn't want me to go to New York City, and I was determined to go. Learning to give myself the permission to be who I was in the world and to make my own choices was hard.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

Please don't tell me what I can't do.

I don't have to explain myself to nobody. Nobody. I don't.

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.