Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer “These four, however, seek the freedom of their will at the very point where they are most securely chained. It is as if the silkworm sought freedom of will in spinning. What is the reason?” Independent Four Spinning ♥ 3
Mark Twain Writer, Humorist “The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind . writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we "modify" before we print.” Writing Party Independent ♥ 3
Lincoln Chafee Politician “Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.” Party Responsibility Independent ♥ 3
JL Joe Louis Walker Musician “I've worked with a lot of people and I like to play with people when it's fun, and people that I have fun with independent of music, do you know what I mean? Where you can just joke and kid around, because you can joke and kid around with somebody and when you get in the pressure cooker of the studio then you can it's just something.” Kids Fun Independent ♥ 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist “All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.” Needs Independent Independence ♥ 3
John F. Kennedy Politician “The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.” Men Past Independent ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.” Book Crazy Independent ♥ 3
John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist “Maybe it's true that we are all descended from the restless, the nervous, the criminals, the arguers and brawlers, but also the brave and independent and generous. If our ancestors had not been that, they would have stayed in their home plots in the other world and starved over the squeezed-out soil.” Home Independent Other Worlds ♥ 3
JA Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist, Activist “Like other undocumented people in this country, I want a green card, and I want a driver's license, and I want a passport. What, to me, is the immigration bill? It's a green card, a driver's license, and a passport. That's what it's about to me, tangibly. That I could see my mom. That I could drive. Is there anything more American than driving? That I could get a green card and be able to - right now, I'm just like freelancing and working as an independent contractor. It's hilarious. I'm unhirable.” Country Mom Independent ♥ 3
Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet “Henry David Thoreau is very independent-minded, very iconoclastic, and had quite a corrosive sense of humor. I think that I probably have grown up to have a Thoreauvian perspective on many things. Though in other ways I live a life he would not have approved of. He believed to simplify, simplify, simplify. Make your life very clear and plain and meditative and not confused. Sometimes my life, in fact, is confused.” Thinking Independent Confused ♥ 3
JN Judd Nelson Actor “Part of the reason I thought that I might do a series is, my dad has pretty much been on the same road to work for years and years. And it's like, "Could I do something like that? Am I so independent that I can't punch the clock at the same place?" So part of it was a kind of exercise. "Can I be responsible in this way?" And lo and behold, I could. Luckily. It'd be bad if I couldn't.” Exercise Dad Independent ♥ 3
Julia Child Chef, Author, Television Personality “My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first women drivers in that area.” Mother Independent Massachusetts ♥ 3
