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Control Quotes
"There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes."
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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."
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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."
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"I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive."
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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."
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"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."
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"Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him."
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"As of now, I am in control here in the White House."
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"Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything."
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"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."
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"John Travolta said he sometimes lets his friends take control of his airplane even though they don't know what they're doing. Then Travolta said he often does the same thing with his career."
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"We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be."
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"She'll be really impressed if you take control and let her follow your lead."
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"I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body; whether it's an eating disorder or talking about getting your nose fixed, as if that's going to be the solution to all the pressure."
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"I can't sprinkle sprinkles on. I lose control when I have sprinkles. I'm shaky. I still remember the great sprinkle accident of 1982."
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"We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation."
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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."
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"I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has."
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"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."
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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."
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"But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance."
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"As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions."
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"To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do."
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"There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help."
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"I vertically center things in tables a lot, and the fact that there is no way to control vertical positioning in divs affects the way we do things across the board."
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"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."
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"When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control."
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"I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside."
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"We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then."
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"If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game."
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"There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension."
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"Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves which stimulate the gastric glands and the pancreas."
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"Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division."
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"We're more effective than birth control pills."
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"I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control."
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"Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws."
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