“This is partly a function of approval ratings. People pay attention [to polls] and start saying, 'Lets take a more independent tack.' It is frankly self-interest, self-preservation.” PeopleSelfInterestPayAttentionFunctionIndependentPay AttentionApprovalPreservationPollsSelf InterestRatingSelf PreservationApproval Rating Author:John Thune
“That reality is 'independent' means that there is something in every experience that escapes our arbitrary control. If it be a sensible experience it coerces our attention; if a sequence, we cannot invert it; if we compare two terms we can come to only one result. There is a push, an urgency, within our very experience, against which we are on the whole powerless, and which drives us in a direction that is the destiny of our belief.” IfsMeanTwoWholeRealityBeliefTermResultsAttentionDestinyExperienceIndependentCompareSensibleRealismPowerlessArbitrarySequenceUrgencyCoerceInvert Book:The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding Source: The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding
“Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardFilmWinningDifficultAttentionEventsCostIndependentCirclesGoldenExpensiveAwardsLots Of MoneyGlobesOscarsExposureFestivalsIndependent FilmCampaigning Author:Kate del Castillo
“I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.” RealizingAttentionDirectorsHollywoodIndependentFilmmakerSensibilityContradictoryAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Doug Liman
“I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.” IfsWantChoicesPayAttentionCareersRegretIndependentPay AttentionDon't RegretGood MarriageSecond Place Author:Lauren Bacall
“I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused.” IfsThinkingWorldWayCitiesAttentionNew YorkKingsTheaterIndependentConfusedNew York CityBubbles Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features.” PeopleTryingAttentionDramaIndependentFeatures Author:Shemar Moore
“Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless, and independent? There seems to be one way to continue in that virtuous resolution; and perhaps but one. Never enter the place from whence so few have been able to return; never come within the circle of ambition; nor ever bring yourself into comparison with those masters of the earth who have already engrossed the attention of half mankind before you.” WayHas BeensSeemsAbleEarthAttentionHalfLibertyMankindMastersReturnAmbitionIndependentCourtCirclesOne WayFearlessComparisonResolutionVirtuousEarnestServitudeLive Free Book:The Essential Adam Smith Source: The Essential Adam Smith
“Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.” IfsGivingBelieveLittlesPassionWorkAnswersEffortAttentionSupportFocusSolutionsIndependentWhat IfMore TimeDiscoveringBest WorkExperimentation Book:A Simpler Way Source: A Simpler Way
“The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be phrased in more biological terms as follows: If our genes are inherited, and our environment is a train of physical events set in motion before we were born, how can there be a truly independent agent within the brain? The agent itself is created by the interaction of the genes and the environment. It would appear that our freedom is only a self delusion.” IfsSelfTermBornAttentionBrainEnvironmentGenerationsEventsEvolutionIndependentTrainPhilosopherAgentsDelusionParadoxFree WillGenesInteractionOur EnvironmentPsychologistWisestDeterminismSelf Delusion Author:E. O. Wilson
“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 U.N. Security Council can sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state is inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.” StatesUseMightLawUsedForceLinesAttentionSecurityKeysGayDrawsAspectIndependentMethodInternationalJustifyAggressionSyriaSovereignCouncilSanctionsGay RightsPretextInternational LawSecurity CouncilUse Of Force Author:Vladimir Putin
“If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.” IfsYearsSpiritNextPayAttentionJudgingSmartIndependentPay AttentionMeritAwardsNext YearAcademySkipIndependent WomenAcademy Awards Author:Annie Proulx