Every manly icon the West has ever admired has embodied the very spirit of American independence.
Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.
I think it’s empowering for women to be in a relationship or single and have their own independence.
I’m one of seven kids, and I love being around a bunch of siblings because I think it teaches you independence, and it teaches you how to grow up quickly and also just be a good friend and be a good sister.
I started modelling from the age of 16, and within three years, I was bored and decided to shift to films. But I love modelling because it gave me independence.
It feels like animation has a little more independence than traditional sitcoms ever did.
Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one’s independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies.
We need a Supreme Court justice who will restore fairness, balance, and independence to the highest level of the judiciary. Based on his record, I do not believe Gorsuch would be that kind of justice.
I think, since I was a kid, I had that independence of being driven and being motivated in whatever I did, whether school work or a sport or even a hobby.
Mahatma Gandhi went from Africa to India, and once India won its freedom, it helped African countries to get their independence.
I personally think the male and female roles have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Men are no longer the breadwinners. Financial independence for a woman is a huge thing.
I have grown up in a family where every one is a part of the defence forces, so freedom and everything related to independence runs deep down my veins.
British-built railways in India helped the British to make money and maintain order; but, as a by-product, they served to unite the country, making it ripe for independence.
British-built railways in India helped the British to make money and maintain order and, as a by-product, served to unite the country, ripe for independence.
Before Lil B, hip-hop and music in general was in a different space. Lil B really just pushed this independence.
The reason I say ‘never say never’ is because I do not think that there should be another independence referendum in Scotland – I do not think it’s in their interest – but on the other hand, I am a big believer in devolution.
I believe the absolute majority of Hongkongers have never felt that Hong Kong independence is a viable option.
I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.
The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.
We made ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’ about the war of independence and the civil war, which were the pivotal moments of Irish history, really. ‘Jimmy’s Hall’ would seem to be a smaller story 10 years later.
If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China, it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.
Finding your feet in a new country provides an enormous boost to your confidence and independence.
The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.
I have a fresh start, now that I’ve turned 18, which feels like such a symbolic age of independence and hopefully a new phase of my life.
Independence day is an interesting time to reflect on our strange fealty to institutions that the British left us, including those that were explicitly set up to be used against us.
