“We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days... We are merely thinking of those relationships between those two groups which are entirely independent of the individual essences of any of the members of either group. This is a very remarkable feat of abstraction; and it must have taken ages for the human race to rise to it” ThinkingHumansChildrenTwoAgeIndividualNumbersRaceTakenFiveGroupsMembersLogicEssenceIndependentFishesCertaintyUncertaintyHuman RaceApplesReasoningAppropriateRemarkableEntityAbstractionFeatsOntology Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.” MeanMadeCultureCoursesIndividualGivenProcessParentQualityStepsGroupsCivilizationIndependentDivisionCellular Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism
“Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq.” MayGroupsIndependentDemocraticIraqStabilityParticipationSovereigntyFactionsRestoring Author:Bill Vaughan
“The truth is that family values, as used by the American Family Association, Dan Quayle, and the southern Baptists, has nothing to do with either family or values, nor does it really have anything to do with homosexuals, abortionists, or pornographers. Those groups actually only serve as windmills to tilt at. The true agenda is power - power over the intellectually weak, emotionally immature, and ethically deficient Americans who are incapable of critical thinking and independent decision-making, and who are easily manipulated by the basest of human emotions - fear and the desire for revenge.” ThinkingHumansDoeUsedDesireValuesDecisionEmotionGroupsAtheismTruth IsWeakIndependentCriticalPositive AtheismRevengeAgendasDecision MakingSouthernAssociationIncapableHomosexualCritical ThinkingBaptistsImmatureFamily ValuesHuman EmotionsAmerican FamilyTiltWindmillsSouthern Baptist Author:Morris Sullivan
“There is a straight-forward definition for 'Independent Filmmaking'. The term references a group of films that are financed by money that comes from outside the studio system. In a literal sense that is what it means.” MeanFilmTermGroupsIndependentDefinitionsStudiosFilmmakingLiteralIndependent Filmmaking Author:Andrew Neel
“The problem is that groups are only smart when the people in them are as independent as possible. This is the paradox of the wisdom of crowds.” PeopleProblemGroupsSmartIndependentCrowdsParadox Author:James Surowiecki
“Oh, I love making independent films, it's such a special, magical thing because you collaborate with a small group of people and everyone's pitching in. You'll see producers setting up the lunch table and the sound guy driving a van. We're all really there because we want to be.” PeopleWantFilmGuySoundGroupsSpecialIndependentTablesDrivingSettingProducersSettingsLunchVansPitchingLove MakingIndependent FilmSmall Groups Author:Olivia Thirlby
“The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting is invariably a decaying town in a regional backwater where a catalytic stranger or returning native meets up with a group of sad, eccentric outsiders.” MightGroupsHollywoodTownsIndependentStrangerSettingSettingsGenreCinemaNativeOutsidersInactionEccentricGenre Is Author:Philip French
“My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.” EndsArtistCertainDecisionDealsGroupsWorstMembersMusicianAspectIndependentSakeCompromiseBest BusinessBusiness Decisions Author:Ziggy Marley