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Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible. -- William Devane
There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past. -- Ernest Gaines
I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that. -- Hasan M. Elahi
Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning. -- Andrea Bocelli
The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property. -- John Moody
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour. -- Gro Harlem Brundtland
I learned how to eat right and learned portion control and how to exercise. Staying persistent over the years, I have been able to change the way I'm perceived on the outside. -- Kevin Schmidt
The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did. -- Stephen Furst
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. -- Brian Tracy
In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all. -- Judi Dench
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. -- Richard M. Nixon
For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. -- Conrad Black
Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society. -- Jung Chang
With 'The Crazies,' we had a lot of room to play and manipulate and change things. When you get something bigger, you have less control in that sense unless you're one of the three stars. -- Joe Anderson
Business is not a science; it is not susceptible to experiments that can be controlled and replicated. Everything in business is too unpredictable for that - every business, employee, product, market is different and keeps changing. -- Margaret Heffernan
It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. -- Edward Thorndike
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Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there. Jade is 19 months old, so right now I'm on alert all the time. And as a mom I think you're constantly worrying about things. -- Giada De Laurentiis
Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed before the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by just thinking about it. That's why the power of positive thinking will not work for most people. The subconscious mind is like a tape player. Until you change the tape, it will not change. -- Bruce Lipton
Change yourself - you are in control. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. -- Jackie Chan
Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. -- Brian Tracy
Switch on your smile, laugh without reason. You control happiness, you change the world. -- Roel van Sleeuwen
If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity. -- Jimmy Cliff
Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change. -- John Patrick Hickey
Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams! -- Greg Smith
Realizing that I can't control or change the impermanence of things in human life is daunting. -- Michael Beckwith
You can't change the past, only your perception of it; but you can control the future. -- Steven Redhead
Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment. -- Darrin Patrick
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. -- Frank Herbert
Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change. -- Amy Winehouse
You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something. -- Tony Robbins
If my remote control doubled as a dildo, I'd never get off my ass to change the channel. -- Jarod Kintz
If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control. -- Guy Ritchie
And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change. -- James Frey
There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord. -- Franklin Graham
It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of. -- Seth
We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future. -- Lester Levenson
To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love. -- Sharon Salzberg
Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable -- Rick Warren
Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it. -- Anthony Giddens
The economy has made me think I have no power. That is not true. I control the power to change my future. -- Jon Jones
The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control. -- John Kessel
I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future. -- David Pocock
God is the one that's ultimately in control of everything. You can't try to change things when they're not meant to be changed. -- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
I can affect change by transforming the only thing that I ever had control over in the first place and that is myself. -- Deepak Chopra
Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise. -- Philip Roth
When you need a lifestyle change due to [health issues], a dietary change is usually the first thing you need to take control of. -- Mark Spitz
Investments - particularly those that involve the change of control of a company - only work when they work well for all parties involved. -- Dan Quayle
Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world? -- Euripides
Control over change would seem to consist in moving not with it but ahead of it. Anticipation gives the power to deflect and control force. -- Marshall McLuhan
If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country. -- Al Franken
Organizations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
I write in a fantasy world so I can make up my own rules and can change facts when I want to. It's all about having control. -- C.S. Woolley
Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us. -- Warren W. Wiersbe
The Iraqi troops and the Iraqi fighters are in control of all the places, as we have witnessed, no big change in that. We are fighting against them. -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. -- Barbara de Angelis
The left has total control over the public education system, all the way up to the university level. It's something they own, and it's going to have to change. -- Rush Limbaugh
Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen bomb. All because of science fictional inventions. -- Ray Bradbury

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