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title: "4 Control Stuff Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-steyer/we-try-to-separate-the-world-into-the-stuff-we-can-control-and-the/)

[Tom Steyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-steyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/tom-steyer-6110_control_we-try-to-separate-the-world-into-the-st_828432.jpg)

> [The real truth that dare not speak itself, is that no one is in control, absolutely no one... Nobody is in control.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-real-truth-that-dare-not-speak-itself-is-that-no-one-is-in/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/terence-mckenna-287_aggravation_the-real-truth-that-dare-not-speak-itsel_2314339.jpg)

> [As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hubbell/as-far-as-control-and-stuff-is-concerned-i-never-had-any-more-in-my/)

[Carl Hubbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hubbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/carl-hubbell-45356_all-star_as-far-as-control-and-stuff-is-concerned_2620855.png)

> [Getting control of stuff makes people feel like they have more control over their lives - maybe irrationally, but it's one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/getting-control-of-stuff-makes-people-feel-like-they-have-more/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/gretchen-rubin-867_feels_getting-control-of-stuff-makes-people-fe_2943549.png)

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