Best Independent Thoughts
1731 Independent quotes by 1294 unique authors
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...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical…
— Unknown Author
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Hitherto, no rival hypothesis has been proposed as a substitute for the doctrine of transmutation; for 'independent creation,' as it is often termed, or the…
— Charles Lyell
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Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of…
— Margaret Chase Smith
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While many have been left behind by Part D, there is a clear winner: the drug industry. Independent analysts predict that Part D will increase…
— Louise Slaughter
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'Sexy' is being independent, being confident and having fun.
— Mollie King
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I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
— Guillermo del Toro
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What we have done with the American Indian is its way as bad as what we imposed on the Negroes. We took a proud and…
— Richard M. Nixon
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This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation, of Indian tribes…
— George H. W. Bush
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The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm…
— Nong ?uc Manh
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Our brains are separate and independent enough from our genes to rebel against them.. we do so in a small way everytime we use contraception.…
— Richard Dawkins
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Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.
— Albert Einstein
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Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist.
— David Mamet
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My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.
— Sara Maitland
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This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I…
— Peter Costello
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Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.
— David Lloyd George
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So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to my dear Germans. My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we…
— Heinrich Hertz
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I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the…
— Vladimir Putin
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Suppose you had a small electrical fire and... a structural engineer [looked] at your home's wiring [and] reports that the wiring is "shot" and there…
— Steven Chu
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The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is…
— Dixie Lee Ray
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Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her…
— Jeannette Rankin
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A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from other husbands... A saint is…
— Peter Kreeft
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There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to…
— Peter Gay
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Apart from thought, there is no independent entity called "world." Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of itself and then…
— Ramana Maharshi
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