Take Control Quotes - Page 2

• John Travolta said he sometimes lets his friends take control of his airplane even though they don't know what they're doing. Then Travolta said he often does the same thing with his career.

  Conan O'Brien

  Airplane, Careers, Doe

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• The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.

  Suze Orman

  Roots, Way, Financial

  "3 Real-Life Cures for a Cash Crisis". Oprah.com, www.oprah.com.

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• When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.

  River Phoenix

  Kids, Vegetarianism, Bully

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Change, Motivation

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.520, Simon and Schuster

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• All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.

  Evo Morales

  People, Towns, Bolivia

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• It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Change, Dream, Spiritual

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• From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Anger, Sister In Law

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• In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life, an essential defiance. This affirmation lies in the way the author takes control of reality by retelling it in his own way, thus creating a new world. Every great work of art, I would declare pompously, is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. The perfection and beauty of form rebels against the ugliness and shabbiness of the subject matter.

  Azar Nafisi

  Art, Betrayal, Lying

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• You just have to take control of your own performance.

  Damian Lewis

  Performances

  "'Homeland' Damian Lewis, David Harewood Q&A". Interview With Morgan Jeffery, www.digitalspy.com. February 13, 2012.

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• Oh you Muslims! You have slept for a long time, long enough for the tyrants to take control over you. You accepted to live as slaves and submitted to tyrants. Now the time has come to revolt and destroy the shackle of slavery.

  Sheikh Abdullah

  Tyrants, Long, Over You

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• One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control others. If we are silent, who will take control? God will take control, but we will never let him take control until we trust him. Silence is intimately related to trust.

  Richard J. Foster

  Silence, Bears, Silent

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• Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself. It’s about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. Geniuses grab life by the horns, and persevere amidst setbacks. They take control of their lives, instead of waiting for others to open up doors. In this very important sense, greatness is completely, utterly, made.

  Scott Barry Kaufman

  Greatness, Doors, Waiting

  "Geniuses Are Made, Not Born" by Scott Barry Kaufman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Whenever you feel happiness it is always from the inner. Then mind immediately jumps in and takes control and says, 'It is because of me.' When you are in love, it is like death, you feel blissful. Immediately mind comes in and says, 'Okay, this is me, this is because of me.'

  Rajneesh

  Happiness, Mind, This Is Me

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• But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.

  Howard Schultz

  Dream, Believe, Reality

  Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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• I have used, you know, marijuana ... since I've been in the league....But as far as abusing it and, you know, letting it take control over me, I don't do that, no....hopefully ... I won't get into any trouble by the NFL by saying that, you know. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason.

  Randy Moss

  Fun, Marijuana, Years

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• The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Responsibility, Feelings, Relief

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.415, St. Martin's Press

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• I loved the idea of a girl going into a dark alley, and a monster comes, and then she just aces him. It’s like, you want to see the tiny person suddenly take control. God, my whole career is basically about that!

  Joss Whedon

  Girl, Dark, Careers

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• A little tip for you, Winged Wonder. Don't threaten the woman you want to seduce." See Annabelle take control. He reached out, gently brushed his fingertip along her collarbone. "If it means saving your life, I'll do more than threaten you. I'll follow through. Best you realize that now, rather than cry foul later.

  Gena Showalter

  Mean, Saving, Want

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• You either fainted or you wanted a much closer look at the cracks in the tile. Either way, you hit hard." "Seriously?" He nodded. "Maybe you shouldn't have been trying to make out with him," he suggested. How did he know that? "I was kissing him good-bye." He snorted and exchanged glances with the nurse. "That's not what it looked like to me." Probably not. But what happened? Could Reyes Farrow take control over me even from a freaking coma? I was doomed.

  Darynda Jones

  Kissing, Bye, Nurse

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.211, St. Martin's Press

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• Got to lose control before you take control.

  Patti Smith

  Loses

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• Either way, you are in charge. Jealousy works against you. It takes control away from you, hands it over to the opposition. Maintain control.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Hands, Way, Opposition

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Collateral: A Novel”, p.273, Simon and Schuster

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• I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

  Veronica Roth

  Fear, Inspiration, Way

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• I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle, I make mistakes but learn from every one, And when it's said and done, I bet this brother be a better one, If I upset you don't stress, Never forget, that God isn't finished with me yet

  Tupac Shakur

  Brother, Mistake, Stress

  Song: Ghetto Gospel, Album: Loyal to the Game, 2004

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• I would not let an adult drive my robot. You don't have enough gaming experience. But I will let a kid with no license take control of my vehicle system.

  Robert Ballard

  Kids, Technology, Adults

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