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I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

— Megyn Kelly

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

— David Hockney

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

— Chelsea Handler

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

— Hal Holbrook

When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!

— Armando Iannucci

I'm not in charge of my life.

— Jennifer Weiner

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

— Kelis

I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

— Priyanka Chopra

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

— Jen Lancaster

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never had a boss in my whole life. I've totally destroyed anybody's ability to tell me what to do.

— David H. Murdock