He's lived a fiction. And, of course, he thinks that if you love someone enough, they will love you. And that if you steer things enough, things will, under your control, come right. And this is the fiction of the controller: a controller thinks that they can control their life into being what they want it to be. But their life will never be what they want it to be until they stop controlling, and that is their journey.
In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of the car and policing corners - they're on a job slowdown, basically. Right now if the police stopped being brutal, if we got police shooting under control, and the use of excessive force, if we have a meaningful societal response to all that stuff, and the racism that underlies it, the question still remains: what are they policing, and why?
She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.
I dream about my teeth, losing a tooth, which I think means that you want control back.
I lose all control after two drinks of anything
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
There are three things we have to let go of. The first is the compulsion to be successful. Second, is the compulsion to be right-especially theologically right. (That's merely an ego trip, and because of this "need" churches split in half, with both parties prisoners of their own egos. ) Finally, there is the compulsion to be powerful, to have everything under control.
It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very important contribution to the fabric of American life. But. . . under the pressures we face today, we can't afford to lose control of our borders, or to take on new financial burdens, at a time when we are not adequately providing for the jobs, the health care, and the education of our own people. Therefore, immigration must be a priority for this administration.
Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust?
The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
God has given us control over one thing in our lives - our thoughts.
We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad - nothing good.
When you don't behave the way liberals think you should, their effort and their intention to control you compounds.
To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.
Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.
I don't think the American people want unilateral government control over the entire health-care system.
When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.
I don't worry about things I can't control.
Control the things you can control.
I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.
