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Gu was a worrier, a neurotic curmudgeon. If he had a headache, it was a brain tumor; if it looked like rain, this year's harvest was ruined. This was his way of controlling the situation, his lifelong strategy for always coming out ahead. Now, when reality looked more dire than any of his fatalisitic predictions, he had no choice but to turn tail and charge in the opposite direction. -- Max Brooks
I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with. -- Gary Kemp
You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done. -- Keith Miller
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation. -- Lauren Bacall
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation. -- Jane Fonda
Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel. -- Ehud Olmert
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible. -- Luc Ferrari
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. -- Chris Pine
I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical. -- Brian Griese
Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control. -- John Hume
But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over which they have no control. -- Jonathan Coe
In certain areas where the media are still controlled, the changes have come to a halt, which is a very frustrating situation. I would like the changes to take place throughout China. -- Jung Chang
I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if a child was out of control? -- Jonathan LaPaglia
When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious. -- Aaron Paul
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
Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you. -- Lisa Kleypas
Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him. -- Payne Stewart
All the movies that I have done I have not been in control of. Sometimes there is a contractual situation where you go to the studio, and they kind of tell you which ones they want you to do. -- Steven Seagal
But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened. -- Neil Jordan
It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. -- John Sununu
Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we've become incredibly adept technically. We've treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part. -- Brian Eno
Women developed it as an art. They've had to, in order to survive. The problem is that it limits you. You are in a controlling situation in duality. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

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