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title: "11 Happen Control Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I think things happen, and we have no control over them, and what you take from them is really what is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fantastic-negrito/i-think-things-happen-and-we-have-no-control-over-them-and-what-you/)

[Fantastic Negrito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fantastic-negrito/)

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> [“Things are going to happen that you can’t control. You can’t let it bother you. You have to try your best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-yep/things-are-going-to-happen-that-you-can-t-control-you-can-t-let-it/)

[Laurence Yep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-yep/)

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> [You cant control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you react to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-cant-control-the-things-that-happen-to-you-but-you-can-control/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There are so many things that could happen and will happen that are out of my control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gustafsson/there-are-so-many-things-that-could-happen-and-will-happen-that-are/)

[Alexander Gustafsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gustafsson/)

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> [When cultural movements happen, it's so beyond your control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kwan/when-cultural-movements-happen-it-s-so-beyond-your-control/)

[Kevin Kwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kwan/)

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> [You can't control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you feel about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-rickards/you-can-t-control-the-things-that-happen-to-you-but-you-can-control/)

[Ashley Rickards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-rickards/)

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> [“We can’t control the things or people that are external to us, that happen to us, but we can control our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyalwa-dokhampa/we-can-t-control-the-things-or-people-that-are-external-to-us-that/)

[Gyalwa Dokhampa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyalwa-dokhampa/)

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> [Because I want to see. I've got to know what's going to happen while I'm still enough in control to be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/because-i-want-to-see-i-ve-got-to-know-what-s-going-to-happen-while-i/)

[Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/)

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> [“Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-de-la-cruz/even-though-you-can-t-control-the-things-that-happen-to-you-you-can/)

[Melissa de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-de-la-cruz/)

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> [“You cannot control bad things that happen to you any more than you can control the weather. It’s less about the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-crane/you-cannot-control-bad-things-that-happen-to-you-any-more-than-you/)

[Robert J. Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-crane/)

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> [Being in this game nine years or whatever, you understand things happen. You can only control what you control, and that's on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-livingston/being-in-this-game-nine-years-or-whatever-you-understand-things/)

[Shaun Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-livingston/)

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