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Control Quotes
"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."
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"It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads."
51
"We seem to think we have some control over this planet."
44
"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."
41
"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography."
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"I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control."
36
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
34
"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."
33
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
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"Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control."
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"The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills."
27
"The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process."
26
"Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control."
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"Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game."
25
"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."
25
"Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration."
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"You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."
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"Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control."
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"I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate."
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"Control your own destiny or someone else will."
23
"There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this type of creative process tremendously stimulating."
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"We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives."
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"It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control."
23
"I support population control. I think USA should do the same."
22
"The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control."
22
"Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders."
22
"Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates."
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"But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger."
21
"Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control."
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"If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase."
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"Usury once in control will wreck the nation."
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