According to Mr. Carpenter, the chattering mynah bird had come to symbolize honesty and independent thinking.
And the deferential culture of the Pakistani state does not foster dissent or independent thinking.
Independent thinking and having confidence in what you believe is much more important than being the smartest person in the market.
Those who seek to control society through religion -- in any culture -- discourage such independent thinking and diversity of opinion.
Bristol has a proud history of independent thinking and, like many cities, there are plenty of shops who claim to use local suppliers.
The least they could do is change some of the wording and make it look like they actually did some independent thinking before pressing the "send" button.
With public dissent growing, his response has been to stifle sources of independent thinking, be they private television channels, trade unions, the church or the schools and universities.
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This pioneering culture expresses itself through an education system that, while not without many challenges, emphasizes critical and independent thinking far more than the vast majority of its counterparts around the world.
When process becomes more important than people, when collaboration is confused with having a meeting, when potential is held in higher regard than performance, and when independent thinking takes a backseat to conformity, leadership is dysfunctional at best.
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Like Stalin, Kim Jong Il rid the North Korean leadership of any possible independent-thinking rivals.
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Moreover, when you put that many independent-thinking, heads-of-state in one room, consensus is hard to achieve.
Independent in his thinking, he was driven by an imagination that broke from the confines of conventional wisdom.
Your role as a leader is to develop talent to the highest levels of independent and autonomous thinking and execution.
Passionate professionals thinking clearly will seek independent counsel and advice to continually gut-check and refine their thinking.
But we are thinking, independent, sentient beings, so why not just back off and let us make our own decisions?
"I refused to confirm or comment on what Judge Starr or the OIC (Office of Independent Counsel) was thinking or doing, " and the reporter "assured me that his sources were outside the OIC, " Bakaly said in the declaration.
And shifting parties will subtly change the thinking of even such an independent as Mr Specter.
Without a charismatic leader like Powell, many independent-minded voters may now be thinking, Why bother?
Russian assertions of internal Chechen disarray may well be wishful thinking, or exaggerated: independent evidence, such as it is, tells a different story.
At a minimum, get an independent second opinion about the investment you are thinking of making.
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Systrom and Kreiger rebuffed all of the offers and seemed intent on building an independent company, said people familiar with their thinking.
And I think there's a lot of Democrats and independent Democrats who are starting to develop this line of thinking.
No suicides were reported in any of the nine paediatric trials conducted by GSK and none of these trials when reviewed individually by GSK or independent investigator showed a clinically meaningful increase in the rate of suicidal thinking or attempted suicide.
Thinking financially results in the best possible outcome and establishes a secure foundation for your future as an independent single woman.
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So, thinking it was time to make a stand, Mr Hejazi announced in 2004 that he would be an independent candidate in the next year's presidential election.
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