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" A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. "
Ellen Glasgow
Financial
Life
Independence
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" There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins. "
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" For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance. "
Mariella Frostrup
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" Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. "
George Henry Lewes
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" I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence. "
David Wooster
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" In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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" The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism. "
Francis Parker Yockey
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" 6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week. "
Yitzhak Navon
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" I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man? "
Abraham Lincoln
Man
Men
Know
" Without U.S. independence, North America would have remained a rural, non-industrial breadbasket. Blessed as it was with natural resources, agrarian North America would have supplied cotton and beef and lumber to industrial Britain. America would thus be more like Australia - a nice enough place to live, but no kind of world power. "
Stephen Bannon
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" The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War - when I really think about them, they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea. "
Sarah Vowell
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Red
War
" I'm drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and point of view. I love the notion of never taking yourself too seriously or being too put together. "
Chris Benz
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Love
Together
" When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed? "
John Tyler
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" In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent. "
Vladimir Putin
Police
Independence
Independent
" The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Alas, that is not the case everywhere in the world. "
Haris Pasovic
Independence
Happiness
World
" In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector. "
Alexander Dubcek
Economic
Independence
Well
" While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the bulk of the people, it is also and ever true that the judiciary is part and parcel of the government apparatus and appointed by the executive and legislative branches. "
Murray Rothbard
Government
Independence
People
" I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for. "
Ted Ligety
Think
Independence
Important
" To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. "
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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" The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. "
John Stuart Mill
Body
Own
Independence
" Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change. "
Wynton Marsalis
Men
Change
Lead
" The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence. "
Tariq Ali
Own
Identity
Weakness
" I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Feel
Me
" I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. "
Liz Phair
People
Know
Independence
" Journalists prize independence - not teamwork. "
Ken Auletta
Prize
Teamwork
Independence
" Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy. "
Elton Gallegly
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Achieving
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" Independence is a very subjective assessment. "
P. Chidambaram
Very
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" The BBC is a victim of its own independence. "
Graham Norton
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" Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. "
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" The United States is proud to be the first country to recognize the existence of a Jewish State - just 11 minutes after Israel's independence was declared. "
Denis McDonough
Country
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