“[T]ruly grand and powerful theories [...] do not and cannot rest upon single observations. Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information. The failure of a particular claim usually records a local error, not the bankruptcy of a central theory. [...] If I mistakenly identify your father's brother as your own dad, you don't become genealogically rootless and created de novo. You still have a father; we just haven't located him properly.” IfsStillsFatherPowerfulRecordsHavensInformationParticularBrotherTheorySourceEvolutionDadClaimsIndependentStructureErrorsLocalsObservationBankruptcyUnifiedInference Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I did four independent films during the break between 'Twilight' and 'New Moon.' I haven't even really had time to sit back and process it all. But when you do finally sit back and think about it, it's incredible.” ThinkingFilmProcessBreakFourHavensMoonIndependentIncrediblesTwilightIndependent FilmNew Moon Author:Ashley Greene
“The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party.” WinningPartyHavensKeysIndependentElectionUsaVotingVotersGeneral ElectionsIndependent Voters Author:Rand Paul
“I have to tell you with regards to global warming that that's something, which, you're right, the scientists haven't entirely resolved, but no question about one thing, it's getting warmer, and a lot of good reasons for us to use less energy, to use it more efficiently and to develop sources here in this country that could allow us to be more independent of foreign sources.” CountryReasonUseEnergyOne ThingHavensSourceScientistRegardIndependentGlobal Warming Author:Mitt Romney
“It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.” EasyPoorMoneyLordHavensTestsIndependentIndependenceSingersAfrican AmericanFamous InspirationalGospel Music Book:Movin' on Up Source: Movin' on Up
“I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three-month radio tours and if I'll be interested in that. I haven't figured it out, but I will definitely be doing music, whether it is independent or with a major record label.” IfsKnowsSongThreeWaitingRecordsHavensMonthsMajorsIndependentRadioAlbumsLabelsThree MonthsRecord Labels Author:Jewel
“Poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't the right to give him one: he'll have to wait until he belongs to somebody. We just sort of took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I. I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together.” KnowsWantGivingLittlesTogetherFoundNamesWaitingPoorHavensOne DayRiversIndependentInconvenient Author:Truman Capote
“Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense.” StatesEnoughLastsCommonHavensDegreesNormalIndependentUniversityCommon SenseFrontiersSchooledPublic EducationUniversity DegreesSheltered Lives Author:Sarah Palin
“People say to me, 'You seem to have made this conscious decision to do independent films'. In reality, I haven't. After each movie, I always think, 'how different can I possibly be? Is this going to challenge me, is this going to inspire me, and is this going to make me love my job more than I already do?'” PeopleThinkingMadeDifferentRealitySeemsJobsFilmChallengesDecisionHavensInspireConsciousIndependentIndependent Film Author:Kate Winslet
“I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.” PeopleMadeFilmResultsNumbersHeardHavensExpectationsIndependentRewardsElsewhereDistributionTheatricalIndependent Film Author:William Mapother