"Risk is trying to control something you are…" — Eric Clapton
"Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over."
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119 Quotes by Eric Clapton
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Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all…
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I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Music became a healer for me.
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be…
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I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the…
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will…
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I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
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There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I…
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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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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…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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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…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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