“As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.” LittlesDifferentFactsBitsViewsLittle BitIndependentDemocraticColleagues Author:Bernie Sanders
“First of all I have to ask myself what am I trying to say and who am I trying to tell the story to. So if it's just 300 words going in the Independent it's very much where, what, who and when - fantastic. If there's a little bit more scope, if I've been given 1500 words by the sports editor, and I can have a little bit of fun, then I need to maybe entertain, include some different stuff.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAsksGivenFunStuffBitsSportsLittle BitIndependentFantasticEditorsScope Author:Steve Bunce
“Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded.” WholeBitsCatIntelligentIndependentAtheistHerding Cats Author:Richard Dawkins
“The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.” GivingFilmBitsChanceMediaSeasonsIndependentPressesAwardsLongevityIndependent Film Author:Danny Boyle
“Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.” ChildrenLittlesAbleFormWishBitsIndependentAccidentsSelfishSiblingSyndromesOnly Child Author:Carrie Underwood
“I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because you have a little bit more freedom.” LittlesFilmBitsLuckyLittle BitIndependentIndependent Film Author:Jennifer Aniston
“Now the cigarette companies claim that they don't do that [ pay to have their product advertised in movies ] anymore, although it certainly makes you wonder a bit when an independent production like "In The Bedroom", you know, seems to focus constantly on Marlboros and almost it turns into a Marlboro ad, whether there was any money exchanged.” KnowsSeemsTurnsBitsPayCompanyWonderFocusProductsClaimsIndependentProductionsAdsCigaretteBedroom Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent-thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the “Nation,” it’s time for all of us to sit up and worry.” PeopleThinkingFirstsArtUseGovernmentFilmNationsBitsBrainWorryMediaJudgmentMusicianIndependentPainterCorporateMakersFlagsShrinksWrapsYokeShroudsIndependent Thinking Author:Arundhati Roy