Tony Robbins

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

American Speaker

Jack Kerouac

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

American Novelist

Alexander Graham Bell

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

Scottish Inventor

Groucho Marx

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

American Comedian

Thomas A. Edison

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

American Inventor

Stephen Hawking

If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.

English Physicist

Charles R. Swindoll

I believe firmly in God's control in life.

American Clergyman

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

American Boxer

Willie Nelson

American Musician

James A. Garfield

American President

Often implies responsibility for making important decisions or policies.

Authority Aspect

Can suggest superiority or dominance in a relationship or situation.

Power Dynamics

In personal contexts, having or losing control can be emotionally significant.

Emotional Weight

Refers to managing or guiding how something happens or behaves.

Directing Actions

When applied to oneself, control often relates to personal restraint or discipline.

Self-Discipline

Describes a process used to limit or regulate something to ensure proper functioning.

Limitation Function

In technical fields, controlling something can be crucial for safety.

Safety Measures

In scientific studies, controls are crucial for comparison and validation.

Comparative Reference

Control groups help ensure the reliability of experimental results.

Research Integrity

Implies an interactive component used to manipulate something's function.

Operational Role

Controls typically produce an immediate result or change when used.

Immediate Effect

Indicates the effort to keep emotions from being outwardly expressed.

Emotional Restraint

Highlights the use of personal will to regulate one's actions or reactions.

Willpower

 although we don't know which genes are involved. But environment matters, too. Parents who put their child on a pedestal can foster grandiose narcissism. And cold, controlling parents can contribute to vulnerable narcissism. Narcissism also seems to be higher in cultures that value individuality and self-promotion.

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 was be the change you want to see in the world and my case for all of this is that we need a theory of change and what policy makers often seem to believe is that they can only affect change in schools by grabbing the reins and taking command of everything and controlling it and that's what we're seeing around the

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 it takes the average person suffering with a mental illness over ten years to ask for help. But there are very effective treatments. Medications and therapy complement each other to boost brain chemicals. In extreme cases, electroconvulsive therapy, which is like a controlled seizure in the patient's brain,

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 which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity. But modern psychiatry is actively trying to avoid that.

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 I controlled every outcome in my life." In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.

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 strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength to other activities. The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it is that the latter requires fine motor skills, which are controlled in both hemispheres of the brain.

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 that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating. People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming

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 When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example,

Control

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Power Dynamics

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