“Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political science throughout the nation to help us. We will encourage these young students to launch their own independent study, and then give us their analysis and their suggestions. We are completely disenchanted with the old, adult, established politicians. We want to see some new faces -- more militant faces.” WantNeedsGivingIdeasHelpingFacesYoungPoliticalNationsStudyYouthStudentsPoliticianApproachAdultsIndependentMethodAnalysisNew IdeasAccentsSuggestionsPolitical ScienceMilitantNew ApproachNew FacesDisenchantedYoung Students Author:Malcolm X
“Margaret Mead was both a student of civilization and an exemplar of it. To a public of millions, she brought the central insight of cultural anthropology: that varying cultural patterns express an underlying human unity. She mastered her discipline, but she also transcended it. Intrepid, independent, plain spoken, fearless, she remains a model for the young and a teacher from whom all may learn.” HumansMayYoungMillionsTeacherStudentsDisciplineCivilizationModelsIndependentRemainsUnityPatternsInsightFearlessAnthropologyMead Author:Margaret Mead
“I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.” KindLittlesPlayStoriesAgeFilmYoungGuyGirlSimpleToo MuchProudQuietIndependentGasComing Of AgeIndependent FilmGeologist Author:Robert Knepper
“Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily led in their teen years, because they still seek the same two things: approval and the pleasing their peers. Strong-willed children are never easily led by anybody--not by you, but also not by their peers. So celebrate your child's strength of will throughout the early years...and know that the independent thinking you are fostering will serve him well in the critical years to come.” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsChildrenStillsTwoYoungStrongAdultsIndependentIndependenceCriticalCelebrateYour ChildrenTwo ThingsThriveApprovalPeersStrength Of WillIndependent ThinkingStrong WilledFostering Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Sometimes, when a person gains a lot of success at a very young age, they become targets, and it's really easy to follow the crowds and not make independent decisions based on truly how you feel.” FeelsPersonsSometimesAgeYoungEasyDecisionGainsIndependentCrowdsTargetYoung AgeHow You Feel Author:Dane Cook
“I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way.” WayFeelsYoungGirlWonderfulFashionIndependentAccidentsAllowingDiscovering Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Parents, do you wish to see your children happy? Take care, then, that you train them to obey when they are spoken to, -to do as they are bid.... Teach them to obey while young, or else they will be fretting against God all their lives long, and wear themselves out with the vain idea of being independent of His control.” ChildrenLongIdeasCareYoungWishParentTeachOur ChildrenIndependentTrainTake CareVainYour ChildrenLong LifeFretting Author:J. C. Ryle
“Since a very young age, my mother made sure to tell me about the plight of women... As she raised my awareness about women's issues, she also made sure to ingrain in me the importance of being strong and independent and not to let anybody define me by their images of what women should be.” ShouldMadeAgeYoungMotherStrongIssuesAwarenessImportanceIndependentRaisedYoung AgePlight Author:Zainab Salbi
“One of my fondest memories was when I was in London as a young, independent businesswoman and stayed at Claridge's. I knew I had made it. To me, Claridge's is the most glamourous hotel in the world; I regard it as my home away from home. I am honoured to become part of the hotel's legacy and rich design history.” WorldMadeHomeYoungMemoriesRichDesignRegardIndependentLondonMade ItLegacyHotelAway From HomeHome Away From Home Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.” MenLooksPersonsBigsYoungBoysGrowingIndependentPrioritiesYoung ManFamily OrientedIndependent Person Author:Hugh Jackman
“A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.” WantYoungSocialLeaderResponsibleIndependentIndependenceDemocraticVulnerableThinkerDisturbedSocial SystemsIndependence Of Thought Author:John Dewey
“The greatest thing about being a mother so young, I had my first child at 24, is that I cook, I clean, I love to be independent and kind of hate to be waited on and hate to be taken care of. So, I guess that demonstrates my fiercely independent nature which is kind of anti what I portray on a weekly basis.” FirstsKindChildrenCareYoungMotherHateTakenBasesIndependentCleanCooksBeing A Mother Author:Vanessa L. Williams
“Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that against these representation. You can hear this message on tons of lyrics and rap songs produced by independent emcees. But they are fighting against a well-oiled and well-financed machine.” WellsYoungSongFightingFansMovementHugeMessagesMachinesIndependentCriticsHip HopRapCirclesHipsHopsFierceRepresentationLegionRap SongEmcee Author:Bakari Kitwana
“The experience that I had in Paris I could never have ever again in my life. This is when I grew up as a young man. I was independent. There was no one there to talk to; I didn't even want to talk to anyone. I started to write about what I was experiencing, and I had no choice, so I was never scared.” MenWantWritingYoungChoicesGrewGrew UpIndependentScaredParisYoung Man Author:Benjamin Clementine
“Even the most independent and spirited young women can become humorless, self-absorbed, and fearful. It's a terrible preparation for life.” SelfYoungTerribleIndependentPreparationFearfulYoung WomenSpiritedSelf Absorbed Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I would really think twice about being a fashion designer if I was young right now, especially being an independent fashion designer the way I started it.” IfsThinkingWayYoungFashionRight NowIndependentDesignerFashion DesignerThink Twice Author:Rick Owens
“I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.” BelieveHelpingHandsLastsFilmYoungI BelieveCreativeWillingExpressionIndependentAvailableMakersFrontiersHelping HandIndependent FilmCreative Expression Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and then they get slammed, like 'Southland Tales.' I'm proud of what she's trying to do. It's hard.” TryingMadeHardYoungChoicesInterestingBreakProudIndependentTalesFilmmakerGood Choices Author:Joss Whedon
“[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardised citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.” YoungScienceIndividualLevelsKnowledgeEffectsDutyFitSafeEnlightenmentAimIndependentSafetyTrainSpeciesSpreadAssumptionEnlightenedOriginalityCitizenshipDissentPublic EducationDischargeCitizenry Author:H. L. Mencken
“When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself, by counting his pulse, that the duration of the oscillations was independent of the arc through which it moved, who could know that this discovery would eventually put it in our power, by means of the pendulum, to attain an accuracy in the measurement of time till then deemed impossible, and would enable the storm-tossed seaman in the most distant oceans to determine in what degree of longitude he was sailing?” KnowsMeanYoungScienceTimeChurchImpossibleStudentsDivineOne DayDegreesOceanDiscoveryIndependentMovedDetermineStormConvincedSailingBackwardsCountingPulseMeasurementAccuracyArcsDurationPendulumsSeamenChandeliersOscillationPisa Book:Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays Source: Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays
“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.” WantFeelsSometimesYoungGirlSmartIndependentWorriedSassyWithered Author:Amy Poehler
“Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men at Philadelphia is the most abominable and degrading that could fall from the lips of the first magistrate of an independent people, and particularly from a Revolutionary patriot.” PeopleMenGivingFirstsYoungFallLanguagePresidentAnswersViewsPrinciplesIndependentLipsRevolutionaryYoung ManPatriotPhiladelphiaDegradingMagistrates Author:James Madison
“For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major.” PeopleThinkingYoungBandMajorsAdvantageMurderIndependentLabelsGet AwayRipTaking Advantage Author:Jack White
“A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.” PeopleThinkingMadeYoungEffortIndependentTrain Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“India is an Old country but a young nation…I am young and I too have a dream, I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind.” WorldSelfCountryDreamYoungStrongNationsMankindFrontsIndiaIndependentSelf ReliantStrong Independent Book:Rajiv Gandhi and Parliament Source: Rajiv Gandhi and Parliament