Control Quotes

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At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, so that's what is given.' But it's… — Julia Ormond
I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of Grey's. It's something… — Shonda Rhimes
Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis… — Noam Chomsky
Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Know that the most neurotic, most ugly situation is simply testing you. It is testing capacity, beyond his control, your flexibility, your adjustment and your… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride… — Stephen Covey
If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in… — Stephen Covey
Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part… — Stephen Covey
Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent… — Stephen Covey
'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet… — Stephen Covey
We're more effective than birth control pills. — Johnny Carson
Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this… — Jack Abbott
Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take… — Earl Nightingale
I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you." In the meeting, to… — Kanye West
You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your… — Napoleon Hill
Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. — Elmore Leonard
I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. — David Rakoff
By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be. — Chris Chocola
I always feel that there are two choices for women. Either be totally confident about your non-size-zero body and say, 'I love what I look… — Lena Dunham
I was completely swept along with my own compulsion. I don't know how else to put it. It didn't satisfy me completely, so maybe I… — Jeffrey Dahmer

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