It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.
Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.
From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects connected by causal relations that are independent of the subject and are placed in objective space and time.
I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.
My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results.
When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.
A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.
Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.
I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
I do my independent stuff where it's real acting if you like. Intense, drama stuff. I love me actions.
I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
The truth is that I am a very independent person and I've always been. That probably damaged some of my relationships with men.
Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.
There are definitely strictly independent movies. 'Gummo' is one. Another is one I made, 'Fresh,' a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed.
I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.
