Independent

Independent or The Independents may refer to:

  • Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
  • Independent business, privately-owned companies
  • Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity
  • Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers
  • Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract
  • Independent living, philosophy of working for self-determination, self-respect and equal opportunities
  • Independent (politician), not affiliated with any political party
  • Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher
  • Independent (religion), group active during the English Civil War
  • Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation
  • Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information
  • Independent Truck Company, American skateboarding brand
  • Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages
  • Independent (voter), not a member of any political party
  • Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period
  • Dependent and independent variables

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Famous quotes containing the word independent:

    “Men will say that in supporting their wives, in furnishing them with houses and food and clothes, they are giving the women as much money as they could ever hope to earn by any other profession. I grant it; but between the independent wage-earner and the one who is given his keep for his services is the difference between the free-born and the chattel.”
    —Elizabeth M. Gilmer (1861–1951)

    “We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”
    —Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)