“I've spoken about this completely independent of this movie prior to ever being attached to this film that as a kid the first movie that I remember seeing that resonated with me was the Wizard of Oz. I think just visually the color, the spectrum of it and how fantastical it was and how much you wanted to live in that world, for a nine-year old was so magical and so grand so I have the greatest, fondest memories of it.” ThinkingWorldYearsFirstsKidsWantedRememberFilmMemoriesSeeingColorIndependentNineWizardsSpectrumNine Years Author:Mila Kunis
“We've got to remain energy-independent. It gives us much more power and freedom than to be worried about what goes on in the Middle East. We have enough worries over there without having to worry about that.” GivingEnoughEnergyWorryMiddleGoes OnIndependentEastWorriedMiddle East Author:Hillary Clinton
“I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.” WholeBigsSpiritFeltHollywoodIndependent Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.” CharacterFilmCan DoGonePeriodsIndependentYou Can Do ItFormatIndependent Film Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.” ThinkingMadeFilmLevelsTvsIndependentBudgetsContemplatingIndependent Film Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“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.” WantGivingFilmStarsMillionsIndependentMovie StarIndependent Film Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.” BigsIndependentCinemaViewersBlockbuster Author:Ewan McGregor
“'The anthropocene' refers to the way we live now, in a highly globalized world, characterized by a large human population and powerful technologies that allow for "action at a distance" that aggregate apparently negligible acts into powerful forces that are transforming fundamental planetary systems. In this sense 'the anthropocene' refers to a period in which nature as an independent autonomous domain comes to an end or is under serious threat.” WorldWayHumansEndsActionForcePowerfulTechnologySeriousPeriodsIndependentFundamentalsDistanceThreatPopulationDomainTransformingAutonomousHuman Population Author:Dale Jamieson
“I think it's very important that LGBT narratives are spoken from LGBT perspectives. I think that what I do is important as far as creating a lane for myself to be independent.” ThinkingImportantPerspectiveCreatingIndependentNarrativeLgbtLanes Author:Cakes da killa
“An editorial writer might consult a reporter to see what she thinks, if it is what she covers. But they are entirely independent.” IfsThinkingMightIndependentReportersEditorials Author:Gene Weingarten
“My British publisher has this independent press. It's pretty small; they actually won last year. And she's got this great energy, and she's fiercely independent, and you know this book was a hard sell. No one wanted to buy this book. But she did, and so it's paid off for her, I hope.” KnowsYearsBookHardWantedLastsEnergyPaidIndependentSellsPressesBritishLast YearPublishersPaid Off Author:Paul Beatty
“The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of voters now are independent. They're looking for something else.” PartyRepublicanIndependentDemocraticMinoritiesVotersRepublican PartyDivorced Author:Jill Stein
“India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah fled, and the people of Kashmir, led by Sheikh Abdullah, asked for Indian help. Lord [Louis] Mountbatten, who was still governor general, replied that he wouldn't be able to supply aid to Kashmir unless Pakistan declared war, and he didn't seem bothered by the fact that the Pakistanis were slaughtering the population.” PeopleStillsWarFactsHelpingSeemsAbleLordIndiaIndependentPopulationAidsIndianGovernorsPakistanBotheredKashmir Author:Indira Gandhi
“That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some are great. And some are terrible.” TerribleIndependentMaking MoneyCinemaReviews Author:Robert Englund
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour
“People working for a news organization, even those with a point of view, are supposed to exercise independent judgment.” PeopleViewsExerciseJudgmentNewsOrganizationIndependentPoint Of View Author:David Folkenflik
“Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside people look at you and think of what you could be doing better. Those are voluntary, but most of the companies told me they're going to do it. And I think it's good for them to say our returns on equity, for example, should be higher. Also, I think some could be more ambitious.” PeopleThinkingShouldLooksTwoCompanyExampleReturnHigherDirectorsIndependentFocusedAmbitiousEquity Author:Jamie Dimon
“Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, "living wills" (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.” WayLongActionTermProgressPlansEventsIndependentResolutionFrankCollapseLong WayTransparencyLiquidityWinding DownDodd Frank Author:Jamie Dimon
“I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.” BelieveHelpingHandsLastsFilmYoungI BelieveCreativeWillingExpressionIndependentAvailableMakersFrontiersHelping HandIndependent FilmCreative Expression Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are largely defined by the approval of others; over the arc of the story, I think that begins to change a little.” ThinkingWayLittlesLongBookIdeasSelfStoriesOrderOpinionAchieveAchievementIndependentOpeningDefinedAffectedApprovalLong WayArcsLonerIvySelf SufficiencySufficiencyLong Way To GoApproval Of Others Author:Liza Campbell
“I'm going to make a guess, not a definitive statement, I would think if you had to make a decision like that [ completed the e-mail investigation on Hillary Clinton], you'd give it - you'd give that to an independent counsel. You wouldn't make it as the appointee of the new president.” IfsThinkingGivingPresidentDecisionIndependentClintonStatementsMailInvestigation Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Part of the reason I thought that I might do a series is, my dad has pretty much been on the same road to work for years and years. And it's like, "Could I do something like that? Am I so independent that I can't punch the clock at the same place?" So part of it was a kind of exercise. "Can I be responsible in this way?" And lo and behold, I could. Luckily. It'd be bad if I couldn't.” IfsWayYearsKindI CanReasonMightDadExerciseResponsibleIndependentSeriesMy DadClockBeing Responsible Author:Judd Nelson
“I have always been a big supporter and fan of independent designers in general.” BigsFansIndependentDesignerSupporter Author:Kat Von D
“Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.” SchoolPaidIndependentStructurePublic SchoolCharterCharter Schools Author:David Brooks
“I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.” SidesIndependentDemocraticPartisans Author:Jay Roach
“Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager.” KindPresidentModernIndependentBlindSignificantManagersErasAssetsModern EraBlind Trust Author:Rachel Martin
“Here was just not a lot that we could do as an Independent. We could barely make $100,000. It was nothing' else livin' on the independent scene, and I think we needed to get on the TV and be seen. We need to work really hard this time.” ThinkingNeedsHardTvsNeededSceneIndependent Author:Lil Boosie
“If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.” IfsWayWantIdeasConditionsConceptsIndependent Author:Ai Weiwei
“I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.” ThinkingKindFatherInfluenceConditionsDirectIndependentIndividualismThis SocietyMistreatment Author:Ai Weiwei
“Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.” IdeasCertainBehaviorProjectsIndependentChinaNo Idea Author:Ai Weiwei
“I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.” ResponsibilityBearsIndependent Author:Ai Weiwei
“If you have an all-white neighborhood you don't call it a segregated neighborhood. But you call an all-black neighborhood a segregated neighborhood. And why? Because the segregated neighborhood is the one that's controlled by the ou - from the outside by others, but a separate neighborhood is a neighborhood that is independent, it's equal, it can do - it can stand on its own two feet, such as the neighborhood. It's an independent, free neighborhood, free community.” IfsTwoBlackCan DoCommunityWhiteFeetEqualIndependentNeighborhoodControlledAll Black Author:Malcolm X
“If the various groups in America had been less selfish and had permitted different representatives from the groups to travel into foreign countries, and broaden their own scope, and come back and educate the movements they represented, not only would this have made the groups to which they belonged more enlightened and more worldly in the international sense, but it also would have given the independent African states abroad a better understanding of the groups in the United States, and what they stand for, what they represent.” IfsMadeDifferentCountryStatesAmericaGivenUnderstandingUnitedUnited StatesGroupsMovementIndependentInternationalVariousSelfishEnlightenedEducateRepresentativesWorldlyScopeForeign Countries Author:Malcolm X
“The Democratic Party would like to see an open independent bipartisan investigation [about hacking].” PartyIndependentDemocraticInvestigationDemocratic PartyHackingBipartisan Author:Donna Brazile
“It was right after Woodrow Wilson's first serious post-World War I repression, which deported thousands of people, effectively destroyed unions and independent press, and so on. Right after that, the anti-immigration law was passed that remained in place until the 1960s.” PeopleWorldFirstsWarLawSeriousIndependentPressesUnionsImmigrationDestroyedPostsWar Of The WorldsWorld War I1960sRepressionWilsonImmigration Laws Author:Noam Chomsky
“There could be an independent labor-based party, which might over time become an important force the way the Labor Party did in England. To all of these things there are plenty of barriers, in the culture and in the social and political institutions, the concentration of economic power. But these are not insuperable barriers, I think. They can be overcome. And it is urgent that this be done, because there are really incredible problems that are simply not being addressed.” ThinkingWayImportantDoneProblemMightPoliticalCultureForceSocialPartyEconomicLaborOvercomingEnglandIndependentInstitutionsIncrediblesPlentyConcentrationBarriersUrgentEconomic PowerPolitical Institutions Author:Noam Chomsky
“Work can be undertaken to create an authentic independent political party, a real party, based on popular participation from the ground up, not a top-down candidate producing organization like the two official parties, working from school boards to state legislatures and beyond. Not easy in the regressive U.S. political system, but not impossible.” TwoRealStatesSchoolPoliticalEasyPartyImpossibleOrganizationIndependentBoardsOfficialsCandidatesParticipationPolitical PartiesLegislaturePolitical SystemsTop DownState LegislaturesSchool Board Author:Noam Chomsky
“After the Moslem Africans lost control over Spain, they began to prey on the Africans further to the south. They destroyed the great independent states in West Africa, and subsequently set Africa up for the Western slave trade and the Arabs were in the slave trade before Islam and they are still in the slave trade.” StillsStatesLostIndependentTradeSlaveWestSouthIslamWesternDestroyedSpainPreySlave TradeWest Africa Author:John Henrik Clarke
“For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.” LongHas BeensIdeasVoiceLevelsMassIndependent Author:Ava DuVernay
“I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.” KnowsHas BeensI CanCountryFightingLibertyPrinciplesTakenPolicySpeechEuropeIndependentCorruptionGrantedForeign PolicyFree SpeechNot PerfectCivil LibertiesTaken For GrantedJudiciaryIndependent Judiciary Author:Barack Obama
“In the society that has replaced the paternalistic society, women are able to develop their independent and social energies much more. That is good.” AbleEnergySocialIndependentReplaced Author:Robert Bly
“In general, being independent is so liberating, you get to create without someone looking over your shoulders.” IndependentShouldersOver YouLiberating Author:Raheem Jarbo
“'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.” LittlesMadeDreamMillionsIndependentDollarsFeaturesAmerican DreamMillion Dollars Author:Janusz Kaminski
“['American Dream' will be released] probably never.Never in the United States because there's no room for independent cinema.” StatesDreamUnitedRoomsUnited StatesIndependentCinemaAmerican Dream Author:Janusz Kaminski
“It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for him that when I called him, I thought, I'm going to get on Sun Records. So I called him and he turned me down flat. Then two weeks later, I got turned down again. He told me over the phone that he couldn't sell gospel music so - as it was independent, not a lot of money.” TwoSunRecordsWeekIndependentSellsPhonesFlatsLots Of MoneyRight TimeTwo WeeksTurned DownGospel Music Author:Johnny Cash
“Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and the position of the Afro- American or negro in American history. [He] has done a remarkable job in fighting for rights of black people in this country. On the other hand, he probably hasn't done as much as he could or as much as he should because he is the most independent negro politician in this country.” PeopleShouldCountryDoneHandsJobsPoliticalFightingBlackCareersRightsPositionPoliticianIndependentRemarkableBlack PeopleAdamAmerican HistoryAfros Author:Malcolm X
“My father was pretty independent. He was - he was arrested once in Nashville when he was on one of his sales trips because he had a black - guy to lunch. So that took a fair amount of courage at the time.” GuyFatherBlackAmountFairsIndependentLunchArrestedNashvilleBlack Guys Author:Nat Hentoff
“We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.” IfsSuccessfulArgumentIndependentArguingBeing SuccessfulResolveThinker Author:Ray Dalio
“I'm really a sucker for old, old movies. Like old film noir. I don't know. I also really enjoy independent movies.” KnowsFilmEnjoyIndependentSuckerNoirOld MovieFilm Noir Author:Boti Bliss
“An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact of life that they will discover soon enough if they try to pursue an independent path.” IfsMenTryingEnoughFactsPathAchieveResponsibleIndependentPursueCrucialPremisesFacts Of LifeExaltedSoon Enough Author:Noam Chomsky