Winnie Byanyima Quotes

I stand up to people.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

Freedom lies in being bold.

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.

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

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.

I will be dictated to by nobody. I'm the man. And if anyone can prove me wrong, their chance is inside a boxing ring. You don't like it, change the station.

It's really important for us as a band, that when someone is giving us grief on stage, to show our fans how important it is that they stand up for themselves and that they feel confident in themselves.

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

I can stand up for what I believe in. I don't take the word 'rebel' in a negative connotation.

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

I'm a grown man. I do whatever I feel like doing with my hair. And if for some reason you feel like there's a magnet and you should have something to say to me, then more power to you. I hope you're prepared.

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

If you have security, you can rebel; if you don't, you hold on to any scraps of it that you have.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record companies to screw themselves? That takes a certain amount of courage. And bullheadedness, really.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

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.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

I'm a big fan of independent girls who are strong-willed, vocal in their opinions, and have a sense of humor.

I don't run behind authority.

I don't feel like I have to be the nice girl.

One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something.