Lack Autonomy Quotes

The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.

When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.

I'm never in control of my time during the workday.

I often say television is not a job for grown men. You go to a set, they pick out your clothes for you, they tell you where to stand, what to say, and your chair has your name on it in case you can't find a place to sit.

TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.

We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

People say that when you become famous you're growth is kind of stunted. That kind of makes sense because you are around people who are just agreeing with you and leading you into different places and you don't really make many choices for yourself.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. He becomes fussy about filing, keen on seeing that pencils are sharpened, eager to ensure that the windows are open (or shut) and apt to use two or three different-colored inks.

On my first album nobody asked me for a lot of advice. It was a producer's album. We were sent the same type songs with stock melodies. It was my first album and I was happy to do about anything they'd ask me.

At the Paris Opera Ballet, they were always making choices for me.

Unlike a goldfish, a computer can't really do anything without you telling it exactly what you want it to do.

Many of the former Slaves are only nominally free, for the servile spirit is still within them.

All I do is get up in the morning and go where I'm told to go.