As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship. Arthur C.Brooks
As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.Michelle Kwan
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
Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation. Jared Diamond
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson
I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me. Ryan Lochte
I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable. John Green
I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I'm an old-fashioned amateur. Anne Fadiman
In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.Karl Heinrich Marx
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. James A.Baldwin
It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more. Apolo Ohno
My experience and what I do in snowboarding is really quite independent of the industry and the more independent it is, the more pure and better I feel about snowboarding. Craig Kelly
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. Virginia Woolf
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking. Hale Lrwin
The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market. Tammy Bruce