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“Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.”

“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better , if less "showily." Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself... Teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experiences.”

“My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.”

“Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.”

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Author:George Carlin

“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

“Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.”

Taught Independent Beggar

Author:James Shikwati

“Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.”

Moving Taught Independent Lsu

Author:Seimone Augustus

“My dog and 'right hand man,' who recently passed, taught me that guardian angels and cycles tend to come in every form in the universe. He was 8 years old and saw me through 8 independent projects, from an unsure place to a confident one. And now I'm ready to fly.”

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Author:Mya

“We were taught to be free-thinking, independent, to look at your goals. And that old saying, you could never go home was never true in my community. We always felt like we could go home.”

Thinking Looks Home Felt Goal Community Taught Independent Free Thinking Old Saying

Author:Kellyanne Conway

“My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.”

Ifs Thinking Father Taught Independent Cocky Free Thinking

Author:Sara Maitland

“In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.”

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Author:Tammy Baldwin

“Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.”

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Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims