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Quotes About Independence

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
~ Douglas Coupland
I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are.
~ Katharine McPhee
Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep the country moving in the right direction.
~ Nicola Sturgeon
All the female characters in 'The Gifted' are stronger than the men. We're not waiting around to be saved but spearheading the missions.
~ Jamie Chung
The strong man is strongest when alone.
~ Friedrich Schiller
Olga E. Kagan was the strongest woman I knew - and probably the reason I've spent my life with other strong women.
~ Max Boot
My strongest message is: 'Never give your songs away. Never sign a contract you can't get out of.'
~ Steve Miller
I overcame all the casting couches and stood out strongly as an independent woman.
~ Tejaswi Madivada
I feel like anything I've ever done, I've been strongly advised not to do.
~ Dasha Zhukova
I don't want to have anyone else to do my housework. I've always done it myself. I believe you should do it yourself. I feel very strongly about that.
~ Lorraine Hansberry
I rarely asks people for advice or permission when I'm planning on doing something I feel strongly about. That only opens the plan up to be crapped on.
~ Anderson Cooper
My father certainly believed that one could make a living outside of an office, as he did. And that if I didn't want to work for other people, there wasn't any reason why I had to. He conveyed that very strongly to my sister and I - that smart people can make their own livings.
~ Amy Bloom
I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation's affairs.
~ Abby Martin
Our Founding Fathers believed strongly in gun rights for citizens.
~ Steve Scalise
I have never in my life let a man disrespect me, verbally or physically, and that will never change. I feel very strongly about this because it's something my mother instilled in me and that I have instilled in my daughters.
~ Yolanda Hadid
A bank-issued digital asset can only really efficiently settle between the banks who issued it. I strongly believe banks need an independent digital asset to enable truly efficient settlement, and we believe XRP is best positioned for that role.
~ Brad Garlinghouse
New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over.
~ Paloma Elsesser
I grew up completely alone but with all the comforts of knowing I had a cushioning family structure around me - and yet I could free myself from it.
~ Ali Smith
As a bureaucracy becomes more established, it develops its own career structure. It is less dependent, and should be less dependent, on individual personalities. Absolutely no one is indispensable.
~ John Scarlett
I try to grow my management team as entrepreneurs, make the structure decentralized.
~ Tulsi Tanti
I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have really wanted to rebel. Up until that point, though, it didn't feel like doctrine, and it gave me a great moral structure.
~ Bat for Lashes
The 'Guardian''s unique ownership structure safeguards our editorial independence from commercial or political interference and means we can reinvest any money we receive into this journalism that matters so much.
~ Katharine Viner
The challenge for me as a parent of two girls is to establish enough structure in the house so that things don't go haywire... but at the same time, as a dominant male figure in their life, let them know they can topple the king.
~ Mark Duplass
Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do.
~ Matt Skiba