It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.

quote by Thom Mayne
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I am truly independently owned and operated.

quote by Bret Michaels
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The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

quote by Francis Quarles
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Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

quote by Al Spalding
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I Work To No Rule

I work on no rule
just my quality control
I follow beat my soul

any rule I follow
any rule I choose
any rule I create

even an age dusty old rule
to prove I can conform write
if I want to recognize a rule

poem by Terence George Craddock
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From Those Innocent Beginnings

My anger and how that is expressed,
Is inherited.
Yes!
From an initiation process.

My parents donated sperm and a womb.
With an implantation done.
Allowing my birth and breath to breathe.
With some uncomfortable yelling...
Heard by everyone.
So deliberate,
My lungs stunned!

And from those innocent beginnings,
I heard comments made...
About which side of the family I was most like.
From nose, to eye color...
And hair grade.

'...he's got 'good' hair like...? '

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Dominionistic

They wish to rule the world,
With strong fists that restrict.
They want it hidden,
That they are dominionistic.

They believe that they should rule,
Over land and sea.
As if they are supreme authority,
With 'sovereignty'.

And the people...
Dominionistic,
Think they...
Can rule with tough fists.
These people,
Who are like this...
Wish to rule and control.

Yes these people,
Dominionistic...

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

quote by Abdul Kalam
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

quote by Mohandas Gandhi
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I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

quote by Jason Patric
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Independence Day

Well papa go to bed now its getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
Ill be leaving in the morning from st. marys gate
We wouldnt change this thing even if we could somehow
'cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
Theres a darkness in this town thats got us too
But they cant touch me now and you cant touch me now
They aint gonna do to me what I watched them do to you
So say goodbye its independence day
Its independence day all down the line
Just say goodbye its independence day
Its independence day this time
Now I dont know what it always was with us
We chose the words and yeah we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind
Well say goodbye its independence day
All boys must run away come independence day
So say goodbye its independence day
All men must make their way come independence day

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song performed by Bruce Springsteen
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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

quote by David Ben Gurion
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Diversity the art of thinking independently together.

quote by Malcolm Forbes
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.

quote by Laura San Giacomo
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

quote by Malcolm Forbes
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I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

quote by Charles Evers
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I am an independent criminal. I do not belong to any political party.

aphorism by Vasil Tolevski, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

quote by Warren Buffett
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Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

quote by Alexander Meiklejohn
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Great minds think independently, not alike.

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