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• It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

  Philip Rivers

  Nfl, Steps, Step Up

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• The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender, it’s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.

  Angela Braly

  Opportunity, Challenges, Risk

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• The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.

  Adam Khoo

  Motivational, Responsibility, Over It

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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 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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• 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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• Got to lose control before you take control.

  Patti Smith

  Loses

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

  David Clement-Davies

  Destiny, Our Destiny, Ifs

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• [T]he truth is you don't need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you.

  Jay-Z

  Needs, Demon, Truth Is

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.67, Random House Group

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• A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Power, Desire, Essentials

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• Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information.

  Darrell Issa

  People, Want, Information

  Speech at the House Judiciary hearing, www.cnet.com. April 24, 2008.

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• Obviously, this isn't the time in my life that I would have chosen to do this, but I feel like life gives you these challenges for a reason. I feel so happy and glad to be in the place that I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I need to face and take control of.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Blessed, Giving, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you don’t take control of your career, guess what? You’ll be stuck in the sunset watching the sunrise, I am thesunrise.

  Nicki Minaj

  Sunset, Careers, Sunrise

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• It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

  Jennifer Westfeldt

  Phones, Waiting, Your Future

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