Diego Forlan Quotes

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

I've always decided that I would never be dependant on a man.

Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life.

I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody to do it for me.

Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call 'a pal' and 'a good sport,' the kind of woman they tell their troubles to. But you've cut yourself off from the orchids and the diamond bracelets, except those you buy yourself.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.