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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

Frankly, I love my independence too much to give it up.

I have always been independent.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.