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"As long as I live I will have control over my being."

"As long as I live I will have control over my being."

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Artist

Control, Being, Will

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"It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads."

"It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads."

Richard Leakey, Kenyan Environmentalist

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"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

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"The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted."

"The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Control, Banks, Freedom, Will

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"The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter."

"The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter."

Roberto Bolano, Chilean Novelist

Control, Day, Living, Thinking

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"The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration."

"The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration."

Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Statesman

Control, American, Israel, Will

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"We seem to think we have some control over this planet."

"We seem to think we have some control over this planet."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

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"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography."

"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Control, Choices, Photography

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"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."

Mario Andretti, American Celebrity

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"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

James Galway, Irish Musician

Control, Expression

19

"No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?"

"No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?"

Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Statesman

Control, Country, Doubt

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"I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control."

"I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

Control, Expression

16

"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Control, Vision, End

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"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."

Julia Cameron, American Author

Control, Surrender

14

"I am a control freak. I want to do what I want to do."

"I am a control freak. I want to do what I want to do."

Kiana Tom, American Model

14

"When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control."

"When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

Control, Feeling, Hearing, Losing

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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."

"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."

Tom DeLay, American Politician

Control, Birthcontrol, Causes, Evolution

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"The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds."

"The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds."

Jeremy Rifkin, American Economist

Control, Law, Laws, States

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"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."

"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."

Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician

Control, Party, Presidency, Republican

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"Control your own destiny or someone else will."

"Control your own destiny or someone else will."

Jack Welch, American Businessman

Control, Destiny, Will

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"It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control."

"It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control."

Red Adair, American Celebrity

Control, Hurt, Smile, World

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"Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control."

"Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

Control, Argument, Birth control, Prejudice

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"We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives."

"We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Control, Choice, Choices, Will

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"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."

"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

Control, Nothing

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"I support population control. I think USA should do the same."

"I support population control. I think USA should do the same."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

Control, Population, Support

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"The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States."

"The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States."

John Doolittle, American Politician

Control, Internet, States, Today

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"Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering."

"Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering."

Rose Byrne, Australian Actress

Control, Goals, Career, Mercy

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"You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."

"You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

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"I'm definitely a messy person... I know where everything is but I just can't organize. I don't make lists and find scripts on the laundry machine, and under my bed, or in the bathroom, kitchen. It's bad, I really need to take control."

"I'm definitely a messy person... I know where everything is but I just can't organize. I don't make lists and find scripts on the laundry machine, and under my bed, or in the bathroom, kitchen. It's bad, I really need to take control."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

Control, Bed, Kitchen, Machine

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"There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment."

"There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

Control, Freedom, Kindness

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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."

"Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

Control, Eating

8

"I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and see how far you can go up, down or out emotionally. You have to balance the craft with spontaneity."

"I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and see how far you can go up, down or out emotionally. You have to balance the craft with spontaneity."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Control, Actors, Balance, Spontaneity

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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."

"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."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

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"Our only hope is to control the vote."

"Our only hope is to control the vote."

Medgar Evers, American Activist

Control, Hope, Vote

8

"Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over."

"Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Control, Acting, Nerves

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"One man with a gun can control 100 without one."

"One man with a gun can control 100 without one."

Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader

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"We create monsters and then we can't control them."

"We create monsters and then we can't control them."

Joel Coen, American Director

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"But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance."

"But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

Control, Balance

7

"Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment."

"Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment."

Michael Badnarik, American Politician

Control, Being, Compromise, Rights

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"I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself."

"I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself."

Rose Byrne, Australian Actress

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"I'm not a control freak."

"I'm not a control freak."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

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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."

"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."

Bob Schieffer, American Journalist

Control, Danger, Military, Troops

7

"That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films."

"That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films."

Ted Demme, American Director

Control, Film, Trying

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"As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it."

"As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it."

Vaclav Havel, Czechoslovakian Leader

Control, Man, Meaning, Measure

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"I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best."

"I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Control, Trying

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"She'll be really impressed if you take control and let her follow your lead."

"She'll be really impressed if you take control and let her follow your lead."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Control, Confidence, Relationship, Love

6

"The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors."

"The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

Control, Pressure

6

"I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details."

"I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Control, Attention

6

"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."

"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."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

Control, Excitement, Sense

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"The state has, in order to control us, introduced division into our thinking, so that we come to distrust others and look to the state for protection."

"The state has, in order to control us, introduced division into our thinking, so that we come to distrust others and look to the state for protection."

Butler Shaffer, American Professor

Control, Distrust, Order, Protection

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