2,640 Quotes About Control
- Author Thomas Pynchon
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But in the dynamic space of the living Rocket , the double integral has a different meaning. To integrate here is to operate on a rate of change so that time falls away: change is stilled...'Meters per second ' will integrate to 'meters.' The moving vehicle is frozen, in space, to become architecture, and timeless. It was never launched. It never did fall.
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- Author Bob Sullo
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I want things done right, and I was convinced that if I was in the middle of every decision, tings would be done right. My management style satisfied my need for power....By relinquishing control....I have even more power. Power is more than power OVER others. I'm not driven by a need to dominate; I'm driven to be competent.
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- Author Priyavrat Thareja
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Firing of Energy does it faster than pumping, but the latter is under better control, and much more resource efficient
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- Author Shannon L. Alder
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Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.
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- Author Jamie McGuire
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Love isn’t about predictions or behavioural markers. It just happens, and you have no control.
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- Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.I have a schedule prescription for each hour in the day; he takes all care from me, and so I feel basely ungrateful not to value it more.
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- Author Idries Shah
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Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.
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- Author Thiruvalluvar
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There is a limit for everything. You can't just load tons and tons of peacock feathers in a cart considering it's light weight. If you do, it will damage the axle of the cart.
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- Author Elizabeth George
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We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.
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