Besides, immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control things.
It is a very frustrating thing to be the face of a creative project and yet essentially have zero creative control over that project. Essentially, you're a pawn in the system.
Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington.
When you release the illusion of control, you begin an effortless free-fall toward a grand reunion with your original self.
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'
Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?
I'm one of those people that picks up the remote control and just keep hitting constantly, even if I like the show I'm watching.
It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.
When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.
I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.
I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.
The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.
A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.
Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.
The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.
The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride for the rich.
At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
