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Controlling Quotes (page 21)

He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery. William Golding
Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries. Laurell K. Hamilton
Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blameand hate. Focus my energy on something other than the ache in my heart. Emily Giffin
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds. Carl Rogers
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide..."
It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life. F. Scott Fitzgerald
They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live. Suzanne Collins
...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love. Nora Roberts
We have a new type of rule now. Not one-man rule, or rule of aristocracy or plutocracy, but of small groups elevated to positions of absolute power by random pressures, and subject to political and economic factors that leave little room for decision. They are representatives of abstract forces who have reached power through surrender of self. The iron-willed dictator is a thing of the past. There will be no more Stalins, no more Hitlers. The rulers of this most insecure of all worlds are... William S. Burroughs
...they make us dependent on a social system that exploits our energies for its own purposes. ...If a person learns to enjoy and find meaning in the ongoing stream of experience, in the process of living itself, the burden of social controls automatically falls from one's shoulders. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Laura Lippman quote: "Coitus interruptus by SWAT team. At last a form of birth..."
Coitus interruptus by SWAT team. At last a form of birth control that was one hundred percent reliable. Laura Lippman
Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all. Diana Wynne Jones
She was terrified. She was beginning to realise that after long months of selfcontrol, the pressure, theearthquake, the volcano of her soul was showing signs that it was about to erupt, and themoment that this happened, she would have no way of controlling her feelings. Paulo Coelho
Bertrand Russell quote: "A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs..."
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires. Bertrand Russell
Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create. John Galsworthy
Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily? weak people, in other words... J. K. Rowling

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