#independence

The foraging for food and water, the struggle for life in a world without masters, housed in a body that man had made dependent on himself. ↗

— Richard Matheson

#survival #food

The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London. ↗

— James W. Black

#came #chance #college #establish #foundation

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#americana #called #culture #declaration #first

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#care #children #china #countries #credit

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. ↗

— Walt Disney

#independence #me #means #mickey #mickey mouse

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#cannot #character #courage #destroying #independence

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#central #countries #enjoys #few #independence

To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong and whose independence I shall defend until my dying day. ↗

— Rosa Bonheur

#belong #day #defend #doctrines #dying

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly. ↗

— Anna Eshoo

#country #drill #folly #i #i think

We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#bought #brighter #brighter future #change #did