If Yugoslavia is to exist, it can exist only as an alliance, a confederation of independent states. – Franjo Tudjman
Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent – they’re with Disney! Come on. Or they’re with Warner Brothers. They’re all with somebody. – Dennis Hopper
Long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention system at Guantanamo even once he closed the camp. President Obama fully embraced indefinite detention – the defining injustice of Guantanamo – as his own policy. – Glenn Greenwald
I started touring a little bit in 1973 in support of a record I made for an independent label. In 1975, when I signed with Warner Bros., where I remained happily ensconced for the next 24 years, my touring activity increased considerably. – Michael Franks
If Scotland was independent, we’d be the 14th richest country in the developed world. – Nicola Sturgeon
Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure. – Louis Navellier
I like independent movies, documentaries. There’s not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig. – Jeff Garlin
I didn’t realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats. – Marianne Williamson
I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living. – Kid Rock
There are definitely strictly independent movies. ‘Gummo’ is one. Another is one I made, ‘Fresh,’ a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed. – Lawrence Bender
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters. – Jack Levine
I had not starred in an independent film and it’s about a woman who owned a hair salon. – Jenifer Lewis
I’m also politically independent so I’m not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress. – Kal Penn
I’ve always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that’s what independent used to mean. – John Sayles
On a number of occasions, I have made it clear that Sinn Fein policy was to argue for the establishment of an independent, international truth commission. – Martin McGuinness