As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not interdependence was everything.

在我成长的过程中，我记得有人用心教导我，最重要的事是独立而不是相互依赖。

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The quality of independence is so indispensable for us that parents had better act as a tutor, not a dictator.

独立的品质对我们来说是不可或缺的，所以父母最好是做一个指导者，而不是独裁者。

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However, it should be remembered that not everybody is motivated by jobs that are high in independence, variety and responsibility.

然而，应该记住并不是每一个人都会被独立性强、工作内容多样且责任大的工作所激励。

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She found they all valued their independence and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it.

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because you read the Bill of Rights, for example, The Declaration of Independence, citizens have a duty to put a new government if it is not serving well the people.

举个例子，如果你读《人权法案》,或者《独立宣言》,如果政府不够尽责,公民有权支持一个新的政府。

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They got Mexico to agree to recognize the independence of Texas, but only if Texas agreed not to join the United States.

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Robin: The problem at its roots is that large parts of the South want to have very large amounts of autonomy if not independence and this is not acceptable to the authorities in Khartoum.

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That is not independence.

BBC: John Swinney and Alistair Darling

It was his loyalty, not his independence, that qualified him for the top job.

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