Control Quotes
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Democrats did not lose control of the Senate because African Americans did not vote. Actually, as supported by preliminary exit poll data, the complete opposite is the case. African Americans increased as a proportion of the electorate in 2014 over 2010.
Marcia Fudge -
With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on.
Joe Hahn Linkin Park
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Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.
Nora Roberts -
Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control.
Joseph Sobran -
I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.
John Cusack -
Doing interviews is very different from working as an actor, because it's up to the journalist not only to understand what I'm trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process. And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context. Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it. So that isn't the concern. You have to do what you can do, and share what you feel is appropriate to share in the moment. And then, it's out of your control.
Adrien Brody -
Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense - the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.
William Borah -
As long as people are either hyperaroused or shut down, they cannot learn from experience. Even if they manage to stay in control, they become so uptight (Alcoholics Anonymous calls this “white-knuckle sobriety”) that they are inflexible, stubborn, and depressed. Recovery from trauma involves the restoration of executive functioning and, with it, self-confidence and the capacity for playfulness and creativity. If we want to change posttraumatic reactions, we have to access the emotional brain and do “limbic system therapy”: repairing faulty alarm systems and restoring the emotional brain to its ordinary job of being a quiet background presence that takes care of the housekeeping of the body, ensuring that you eat, sleep, connect with intimate partners, protect your children, and defend against danger.
Bessel van der Kolk
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Getting drunk . . . you're in complete control up to a point. It's your choice, every time you take a sip. You have a lot of small choices. It's like . . . I guess it's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation . . .
Jim Morrison The Doors -
Arms control is by definition a rejection of disarmament.
David Dellinger -
I didn’t know why I was thinking about all these things—except that’s what I always did. I guess I had my own personal television in my brain. I could control whatever I wanted to watch. I could switch the channels anytime I wanted.
Benjamin Alire Saenz -
It should be self-evident that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Yet throughout history, those in power - usually men - have tried to control women's bodies.
Isabella Lovin -
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.
Scott Ellis -
I guess I set a world record for errors. I had a pretty good arm, see, but I didn't have much control.
Mordecai Brown
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People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. We’re all spiraling out of control.
Beth Revis -
You can never control a wild heart no matter how hard you try.
Christian Coma -
If you have complete control over the damned thing, you're not going fast enough.
Carroll Smith -
Motherhood runs its own way and is measured with another watch that, unfortunately, we can't control.
Monica Cruz -
My love for you is not plain But it does not add up I love you not Yes, I have never revealed it to anyone Nor will I ever do so You are no exception either Yes, I will keep my words to me But, I have no control over my eyes That might blab out And lead you to take My love is for you only Though I'm not to say so.
Akram Khan -
Americans fear losing control if they're forced to ride in autonomous vehicles. These same Americans fly in airplanes every day that largely are flown by computers, and impressively efficient ones at that.
Adam Lashinsky
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When I finally learned to let go of having to totally control everything around me and let my life unfold, I was stunned by the results. How could I have ever thought I could outsmart the Universe?
Geri Larkin -
Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II -
I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month.
Scott McCallum -
And I remember telling God that whatever happens, happens. I remember telling myself "He's in control.”
Esther Earl