Independent Quotes

Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

We feel free. We're independent. People can be openly proud of being Estonian. I have a lot of belief in Estonia.

We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources.

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

'Ouch' is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films.

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off.

I get a lot of independent films from people who are starting out.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.

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.

Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.

If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest.

It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.

A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific.

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.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.