#independent

Be tough minded but tenderhearted. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#independent-thought #inspirational #life #inspirational

If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creation—mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, that’s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was. ↗

— Mary Griffith

#gay-rights #independent-thought #inspirational #religion #inspirational

The Mozilla Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization. ↗

— Mitchell Baker

#independent #mozilla #nonprofit #organization

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#country #educated #impossible #independent #mind

My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#been #certainly #consistent #decision #diet

The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling. ↗

— Lou Henry Hoover

#confessed #dare #fear #girl #independent

The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity. ↗

— Lou Henry Hoover

#humanity #independent #little #little piece #modern

I'd love to do more independent films. ↗

— Holliday Grainger

#i #independent #independent films #love #more

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. ↗

— Toby Keith

#independent #independent label #into #label #labels

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

— Talib Kweli

#gonna #hit #independent #independent label #label