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“I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.”

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Author:Jackson Rathbone

“Being independent is more of a mind state more than anything else. A lot of people don't understand that being an independent artist means being hands on with your career in every aspect - not being afraid to spend your own money and invest time in yourself. Although I'm affiliated with a major label, I still wake up every day with an independent mindset.”

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Author:Yo Gotti

“I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.”

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Author:Thomas Ian Nicholas

“I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.”

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Author:Randy Harrison

“I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.”

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Author:Julianne Moore

“I'm building my adult beverage empire the way I built my independent rap label. As my career.”

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Author:E-40

“I've done a lot of independent travelling, which hasn't been the best career choice, but it's been a really great life choice.”

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Author:Nikki Reed

“On a fundamental level - I know so many women in their 30s who didn't get married, or they did and it didn't work out, or they didn't have children because they were trying to get their careers going, or because they were expected to be independent, plus have a family. They didn't feel secure enough.”

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Author:Uma Thurman

“I love independent film making. So much real love and passion go into them and you can feel it while you watch. As for my career, I don't want to be famous. I just want to be a part of as many beautiful, crazy, unique films as possible.”

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Author:Alicia Sixtos

“Book your life choices in advance the same way you would book flights, car rentals, hotels, and excursions. Figure out early on in your career whether you intend to be financially independent or marry a rich man, join the ranks of the professional elite or be the stay-at- home type, postpone having children or find part-time employment. Then fasten your seat belt and sit tight as you watch your trajectory veer off course.”

“I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.”

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Author:David Trubridge

“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.”

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Author:Lauren Bacall

“I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really felt like my choice (was) more important than any kind of career goal.”

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Author:Margaret Cho

“Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.”

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Author:Doseone

“Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.”

“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.”

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Author:Malcolm X

“I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.”

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Author:Marilyn Manson

“It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.”

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Author:Charlize Theron

“There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.”

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Author:Dick Wolf

“How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.”

Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

“That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following.”

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Author:Irene Joliot-Curie

“I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned”

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Author:Orlando Bloom

“I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.”

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Author:Milla Jovovich

“The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.”

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Author:James Woods

“I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.”

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Author:Linda Evans