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Art is the writer not having control, but the subject having control of the writer. -- Paula Vogel
Having the competitive edge to be able to succeed is having control of your time, life and mind. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power. -- Tom Coburn
If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers. -- Julius Erving
I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us. -- Steven Conrad
When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there. -- Gary Sinise
To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music. -- Eric Brown
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
I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own. -- Mahatma Gandhi
When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life. -- Suze Orman
For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it. -- Michelle Pfeiffer
You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision. -- Kiki Smith
A person with a flexible schedule and average resources will be happier than a rich person who has everything except a flexible schedule. Step one in your search for happiness is to continually work toward having control of your schedule. -- Scott Adams
The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own. -- Adam Mansbach
The filmmakers always have a great level of control. -- John Milius
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. -- Alan Rickman
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I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control. -- Two Chainz
I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control. -- Adam Driver
I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it. -- David Lynch
You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that. -- Kimora Lee Simmons
I don't like feeling out of control. I have to feel like I'm in control of my body. -- Megan Fox
Our impulse as people is to try to control; as an actor, you have to give up that control. -- Andrew J. West
I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after. -- Klaus Schulze
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We misjudge risk if we feel we have some control over it, even if it's an illusory sense of control. -- Robert Kiyosaki
In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you. -- Sam Trammell
We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live. -- Gordon Smith
I don't really have control over my path - only the Lord does - but I do have control over my decisions. -- AJ Michalka
The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible. -- Thomas Bangalter
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
Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them. -- Cam Newton
We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them. -- will.i.am
In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer. -- Rahul Dravid
Being present means living without control and always having your needs met. -- Byron Katie
Having no need to judge, control, react, so forgiveness does not even arise. -- Jay Woodman
I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is. -- Tahj Mowry
I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control. -- Theodore Roosevelt
How is it having more control if there are young people stifled the opportunities that we had? -- Sadiq Khan
Having a normal person around me made it poingnantly clear to me that I was out of control. -- Marya Hornbacher
Having faith in God means trusting in Him even when everything inside of you wants to take control. -- Dan Ellis
How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say? -- Sadiq Khan
Having rationally endeavored to control nature, is he not now becoming the slave of the objects which he makes? -- Pope Paul VI
Having something like an Australia points-based system means we control immigration and bring in the skills that we need. -- Harsimrat Kaur Badal
How is it having more control if you have less money in your pocket as Martin Lewis Moneysaving expert says? -- Sadiq Khan
Anyone who opposes methods to control the birth rate, is automatically voting in favour having the death rate go up. -- Paul R. Ehrlich
How is it having more control if there are businesses from China, India, America choosing Germany and France over London? -- Sadiq Khan
I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box. -- Anna Quindlen
Stand-up is an amazing art form, I think, because it's all about you having complete control of the situation, but absolutely none. -- Jim Gaffigan
How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system? -- Sadiq Khan
In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element. -- Herbert
I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography. -- Ben Shahn
I really don't want to become a "member" of a band anymore. I really enjoy having total control over my music and productions. -- Christian Fennesz
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. -- Tom Landry
Having control over your schedule is the only way that women who want to have a career and a family can make it work. -- Mary Matalin
Well, if you're suspecting your lover is having an affair, it's definitely devastating. It's really a terrible, terrible feeling because you have no control. -- Amanda Seyfried
I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having. -- Nicolas Winding Refn
Faith to me is having absolute certainty that God is in control of my life and that He has my best interests at heart. -- Dan Ellis
A big lesson that I'm always having to be reminded of is, you can't control how you feel, but you can control how you respond. -- Xosha Roquemore
There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment. -- Harriet Ann Jacobs
There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment -- Harriet Jacobs
That's the danger of having too much success. You lose that magic, that feeling of not being in control, which I feel now, it's too controlled. -- Stephen Dorff
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There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry. -- Warren Buffett
I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness. -- Sadie Frost
I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up. -- Eoin Colfer
I like to think of the senses as having a volume control in the brain. The volume turns up on all the other senses when you lose one. -- David Mason
Growing up in Florida and having naturally curly hair was a bit tough. I had to learn to do treatments and masks to keep the frizz under control. -- Brittany Snow
It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control. -- Camryn Manheim
Having a messy coat closet should not be a big deal in a full life, and yet there's something about getting control of that coat closet that's surprisingly satisfying. -- Gretchen Rubin
I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control. -- Kevin Mitnick

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