Independent Quotes · Page 27

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

— Jill Biden

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.

— William H. Macy

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

— Jean Rostand

Sometimes, I feel that if you're a strong, independent woman it scares people away, but actually it does the opposite.

— Gemma Arterton

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

— Darren Aronofsky

I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build…

— Valerie Azlynn

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

— Heather Wilson

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The…

— Bill Shorten

No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the…

— George Washington

If we had to accept the idea of an independent creator, the explanations given in [several Buddhist texts] which completely refutes the…

— Dalai Lama

Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their…

— Lydia Lunch

This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at least the…

— Eugen Herrigel

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the…

— Anthony LaPaglia

Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial…

— Ron Eldard

As president, I will appoint tough, independent authorities to strengthen anti-trust enforcement and really scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, so the big don't…

— Hillary Clinton

I think that, in our culture, we find older people to be almost invisible, and it's such a shame. The one thing,…

— Leeza Gibbons

When we started Nowhere, maybe the fashion industry recognized something was happening, but they just thought, Oh, those kids . . .…

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

A lot of times, I would play a lot of roles a man would play. In 'One Million Years B.C.' - yes,…

— Raquel Welch

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Independent means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's…

— Alexander Payne

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task…

— Winston Churchill

Why was the United States so afraid of an independent South Vietnam? Well, I think the reason again is pretty clear from…

— Noam Chomsky

I suppose it's nice that I've made films that some people have heard of and respect. That's great. And it's certainly helpful…

— Andrew Bujalski

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.

— Steve Pavlina

People get together and go to the movies or on hikes, but everyone maintains their own independent domicile.

— Frederick Lenz

Be grateful to those who have abandoned you, for they have taught you to be independent!

— Nishan Panwar

Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid…

— Daniel Webster

Geometry is knowledge that appears to be produced by human beings, yet whose meaning is totally independent of them.

— Rudolf Steiner

For me, consciousness is non-local, not limited to the body, and can exist independent of it.

— Bernie Siegel

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.

— Sherry Argov

No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.

— Amartya Sen

The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia.

— Dasha Zhukova

Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.

— Bruce Lee

The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men - she's the independent woman par excellence.

— Kate Millett

“To be independent, a nation state must be able to control its energy source.”

— John Coleman

For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but…

— Betty Fussell

I think being independent gives you a different confidence about yourself. It gives you more power, especially in certain relationships.

— La La Anthony

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers..

— Edgar Fiedler

I love working on independent films, I love working on bigger films. I love all of it.

— Taylor Russell