“The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it individually. Go to a teacher of Zen to learn how to do that, not to get answers for individual life situations.” WayIndividualStrongAnswersSituationTeacherMastersPerceptionIndependentRelyIndividual LifeZen MasterPerception Of Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“The ex-Presidential situation has its advantages, but with them are certain drawbacks. The correspondence is large. The meritorious demands on one are large. More independent out than in place, but still something of the bondage of the place that was willingly left. On the whole, however, I find many reasons to be content.” StillsReasonWholeCertainLeftSituationDemandAdvantageIndependentPresidentialRetirementBondageExesCorrespondenceDrawbacks Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“The most reliable way to be certain of their classroom impact is through independent studies conducted by third-party organisations which compare the student growth in our corps members' classrooms to that of other teachers in similar situations.” WayCertainGrowthPartySituationStudyTeacherStudentsMembersThirdsIndependentImpactCompareClassroomOrganisationThird Parties Author:Wendy Kopp
“If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me this is not an either/or situation.” PeopleIfsFilmSituationComfortableIndependentStudiosCinemaEither Or Author:Spike Lee
“One of the best things that's come out of the Seattle protests is the birth of the Independent Media Center. It's not as though the independent media movement wasn't already there, but it's given it another jump-start. There's the feeling that not only should we report on our underground culture and our own situation, but now we have to start telling people what's really going on at a time when everything from CNN to USA Today is as tightly controlled as Tass or Pravda.” PeopleShouldFeelingsTodayCultureGivenSituationMediaMovementBirthIndependentBest ThingsUsaReportsProtestControlledSeattleCnnIndependent Media Author:Jello Biafra
“The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican Republic for twenty-two years after 1804 for fear that the French and Spanish would come back and reinstitute slavery. So we have this unique situation of being two independent nations on the same island, but with each community having its own grievance.” YearsTwoWholeNationsCommunitySituationShareUniqueTwentiesIndependentSlaveryComplicatedIslandsTwo YearsRepublicGrievanceHaitiTwenty TwoDominican Republic Author:Edwidge Danticat
“We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in the world. We have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. We have a situation where right now in the United States of America, we are near energy independent. North America is beginning to be the epicenter of energy. What is it that makes people think that this is not going to be the American century? I don't get it.” PeopleThinkingWorldStatesAmericaEnergyUnitedSituationUnited StatesCenturyRight NowResourcesIndependentUniversityProductiveCapitalistUnited States Of AmericaVenturePlaces In The WorldNorth AmericaWorkforceVenture Capitalists Author:Joe Biden
“I felt that I'm a real important part when it comes to hip-hop, but maybe not so much in the industry, so I felt that I was better of in an independent situation... where I have some control over my life and there's no middle man and it's basically me and my team handling my situation.” MenImportantRealFeltSituationTeamMiddleIndustryIndependentHip HopHipsHops Author:Styles P
“It's a really unique situation where you just - you make independent films or you make big blockbuster movies, but it's very rare when all of those ingredients come together, and you can really tell a story that you care about with a character you absolutely love with the people you love making movies with.” PeopleCharacterStoriesBigsCareTogetherFilmSituationUniqueIndependentIngredientsLove MakingIndependent FilmBlockbuster Author:Andy Serkis
“From the outset, when [Ho Chi Minh] became a member of the French Communist Party in 1920, he was an independent thinker who adjusted Marxist-Leninist ideas and tactics to what he perceived to be the concrete situation in Indochina.” IdeasPartySituationMembersIndependentCommunistThinkerConcreteTacticsMarxistCommunist PartyIndochina Author:William J. Duiker
“I do believe that the Kurds are in a difficult situation. They do have some American support. How consistent that will be is unclear. But they have built up a strong military, and they have begun to build the institutions of an autonomous life in Northern Syria. Turkey's enmity towards the Kurds and their desire to make sure there is no independent Kurdish state or even really autonomous enclave is going to push the Kurds into Bashar Assad's hands over time.” BelieveDesireStrongDifficultSituationSupportMilitaryIndependentConsistentSyria Author:Joshua Landis
“To get out of desperate situation can only be done by education and by openness for Indonesians. Everybody who can, should be participating in this 'project'. Not only professional educators and teachers , but especially artists, creative people, thinkers. There should be many more initiatives, particularly more from the independent press! What happened to progressive independent publications in Indonesia? Nothing - they never took off! It is a shame.” PeopleDoneArtistSituationCreativeTeacherShameIndependentDesperateProgressiveOpennessThinkerInitiativeCreative PeopleEducator Author:Andre Vltchek
“I think it was going to be hard to work with Russians on Syria. There is some potential overlap between the U.S. and Russia in that the Russians don't want to see the Syria situation unravel to a point where they have to escalate their own involvement. But at the moment, I don't see the U.S. and Russia on the same page in Syria. Russia seems much more interested in consolidating government control over liberated areas. It seems to me that the U.S. and Russia are proving they can disagree for independent reasons in any number of theaters.” ThinkingReasonMomentsSituationProveIndependentDisagreeSyriaInvolvement Author:Richard N. Haass