Independent Quotes - Page 16

• I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is the story than separate and independent creatures.

  Etgar Keret

  Character, Stories, Return

  "This Week in Fiction: Etgar Keret" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. December 15, 2011.

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• You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Kids, Thinking, Wife

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• For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.

  Callie Khouri

  Like You, Selling, Made

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

  Carmen Kass

  People, Estonia, Proud

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• In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.

  Andrew Jackson

  Should Have, Years, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.

  Ryan McGinley

  Photography, Mind, Want

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• I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Thinking, Years, Challenges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Real, Hands, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Nice, Taken, Scene

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

  Keith Olbermann

  Trust Me, Achieve, Produce

  "The Confessions of Keith Olbermann". Interview with Marisa Guthrie, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 8, 2011.

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• I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

  Kal Penn

  Fans, Republican, Congress

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• I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

  Lauren Potter

  People, Community, Special

  "On World Down Syndrome Day, Speaking Out on How Bullying Hurts and Kills Dreams" by Lauren Potter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2012.

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• We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days... We are merely thinking of those relationships between those two groups which are entirely independent of the individual essences of any of the members of either group. This is a very remarkable feat of abstraction; and it must have taken ages for the human race to rise to it

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Children, Taken, Thinking

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• For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

  Anthony LaPaglia

  Degrees, Safe, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Diana Lopez

  Girl, Mom, Strong

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• At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.

  Greg Laswell

  Labels, Way, Figures

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• The new independent spirit at Warner Music is a perfect fit for a stand-alone label like Maverick.

  Guy Oseary

  Perfect, Labels, Spirit

  "Madonna settles feud with Warner Music". The Associated Press, www.today.com. June 15, 2004.

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• Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Children, Government, Self

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• Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

  Steven Pressfield

  Artist, Thinking, People

  "From Cabbie to Best-Selling Author: Steve Pressfield on ‘Turning Pro’" by Greg Clarkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2012.

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• I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

  Jason Patric

  Movement

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• I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.

  Michael Pitt

  Want, Film, Making Money

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• What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Military, Media, Government

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• But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.

  Herbert Read

  Mean, Civilization, Parent

  Herbert Read (1963). “Selected Writings: Poetry and Criticism”

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• I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Blessed, Careers, Able

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• It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

  Leven Rambin

  Strong, Princess, Self

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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