I Quotes
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“Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris”
“Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.”
“Independent bread gives independent morals: - while pecuniary dependence makes moral subserviency; - So get money - get wealth”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.”
“Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work.”
“Independent development can be a virus that can infect others.”
“Independent directors practice independent thinking.”
Source: Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards
“Independent documentary isnt beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. Its a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in an in-depth, investigative fashion, and it can do so with a compassionate lens; it allows people to speak in a way that is more human than the mainstream media approach.”
“Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades. And for good reason: when people come here to fulfill their dreams - to study, invent, and contribute to our culture - they make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and create jobs for everyone. So let's get immigration reform done this year.”
“Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if his tax plan, which would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy, were to go into effect, we would lose 3.5 million jobs and maybe have another recession.”
“Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.”
“Independent film is for actors that love to act.”
“Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.”
“Independent film is such a huge deal in the UK. There aren't many big budget studio movies that get greenlit at all. The indie film industy is a great opportunity that I'm trying to seize.”
“Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.”
“Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you have the final say. When you do the bigger films, the studio has to give the final thumbs up and they're usually not big on risk taking because they're trying to make money.”
“Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten.”
“Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth.”
“Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.”
“Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do.”
“Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.”
“Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent - they're with Disney! Come on. Or they're with Warner Brothers. They're all with somebody.”
Source: Dennis Hopper: Interviews
“Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.”
“Independent films will probably kill themselves off by virtue of their own success. With a crossover hit like PULP FICTION, the criteria by which art-house movies are produced and marketed and exploited have changed. With studio money and overheads and budgets and deal-making machinery, a certain kind of narrative structure and popcorn-type payoff start infusing themselves.”
“Independent girls who don't accept BS will have a harder time settling and that is okay. We tend to want to find someone who is worth our time because guess what we don't need anyone we just want someone that's worth it. At the end of the day we are going to choose love, respect, compassion and good treatment over any money a man could give and we are not going to accept bad vibes. Know the difference!”
“Independent India's leaders will neither use a foreign language nor rule from a remote place.”
“Independent inquiry is need in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else’s view or a mere book”
“Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“Independent is not scary but a brave action.”
“Independent labels take nothing and make something out of it. Major labels buy that something, and try to make more out of it.”
“Independent means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. Director-driven, personal, auteurist... Whatever word you want. It's where you feel the director, not a machine, at work. It doesn't matter where the money comes from. It matters how much freedom the director has to work with his or her team. That's how I personally define independent movies.”
“Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do.”
“Independent minded girls that are naked sounds like a great start to something.”
“Independent of harmony rules, any color 'goes' or 'works' with any other color, presupposing that their quantities are appropriate.”
Source: Interaction of Color
“Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and a people who reject its holy faith will find themselves the slaves of their own evil passions and of arbitrary power.”
“Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you can potentially be.”
“Independent of politics, the changing narrative on immigration is directly correlated to the fact that we have new technologies that are allowing people to talk to each other and tell their own stories and organize themselves.”
“Independent of the critique I'm making, I'm just trying to paint a more comprehensive portrait of American religion than you get from a right versus left, religious conservatives versus secular liberal, believer versus atheist, binary. Too often, we just look at religion in America through that kind of either/or lens. I think it's much more complicated than that.”
“Independent publishing gives everyone a voice, and those with a voice to which people inherently want to listen will find a way to the top.”
“Independent record stores are like a casino where you put down your money and you always win. How amazing to discover gems you didn't know about, to meet someone more passionate than you are, and to feel at home in a place you may never have been to before. I'm convinced they will never lose their place - Long may they rule.”
“Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their associations.”
“Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.”
“Independent thinkers have always been a threat to those whose courage lies in the masses.”
“Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Independent thinking is a crucial precursor to political independence.”
“Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.”
Source: War Memoirs of David Lloyd George: 1918
“Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.”
Source: More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times
“Independent travel does that, bringing temporarily together these wandering ships that would otherwise pass in the night. Relationships were mostly brief and sometimes downright fleeting. The barriers and masks of settled existence melted away, allowing strangers to become fast friends, if only for a day. We travellers needed that, having deliberately stepped away from the social safety net of family, school, work and community.”
“Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.”
Source: First Things First