"The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection."

Control, Desire, Power, Will

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"The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection."

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"I tell myself that with enough effort, I can control my feelings."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

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"Discipline is required in all human endeavours."

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"You are the actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter of the play called 'Your Life' and you can change the play anytime."

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"He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

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"It is sad, people what to control others. But they have not learned to know their soul."

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"You cannot control anything except your thoughts. With yoga, you do not control yourself but you harmonize with nature."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny."

Jeff Probst, American Entertainer

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"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."

John Green, American Author

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"Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder."

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"I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear."

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"There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows."

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"Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return."

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"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms."

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"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

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"He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow."

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"And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment."

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"Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet."

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"I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best."

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