“ I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way. Diane Von Furstenberg Fashion Designer
“ I tell my kids, "Look, your life is a video game, and I have to get you from level zero to 18 as an independent person with all your skills and limbs intact. Every time you hit your brother or throw food, you're taking us all back." Julie Bowen Actress
“ The only way you can make a marriage work is as free, independent people. It needs to be based on the good feelings that you have for each other, not on need. Alexander Lowen
“ TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its own. Ambrose Bierce Journalist
“ That was very much ahead of its time back in the 1880s and, not surprisingly, it was met with some resistance. [I]f you fast forward to today and the fact that we're the single largest source of employment for women (broadly speaking, as the reps are independent contractors), we've been an important creator of entrepreneurship for women. Andrea Jung Business Person
“ I don't call myself an 'independent filmmaker'. Either a concept works within a studio system or it doesn't. If it does then you should try to get a studio budget so that you can use all of the tools they have to get what you want. If it doesn't then you look elsewhere, or make it yourself. Andrew Neel Filmmaker