I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.

Abraham Lincoln and others recoiled from the idea of government as a prop for the rich. In organizing the Republican Party, they highlighted the equality of opportunity promised in the Declaration of Independence and warned that a healthy economy depended on widespread prosperity.

I discovered my path to independence through technology as well as the potential for a global lifeline for trans people around the world who were looking for the same.

In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties.

The combination of cheaper and more widespread broadband and increased mobile usage is turning us all into independent viewers.

I pledged to put country before party and assert my independence when it reflects my principles or the needs of Central Virginia, and I have done that.

My grand affair appears settled, for America is certain of her independence, humanity has gained her cause, and liberty will never be without a place of refuge.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.

I thank God for all the independent hard rock that I grew up with.

What belongs to our independence and national sovereignty, we will never give up.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been 18 months. I've thought maybe I'm really superficial and unable to have a relationship. What I've found is that people are attracted by my independence, and then they try to squelch it.

I consider myself to be a very strong, independent woman.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

America was never officially a Christian nation, since neither Jesus Christ nor the Bible are mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. But there's no denying the influence Christianity has had on our country.

Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!