- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Control Quotes
Control is easier to want than to keep.
This page leans into control as it relates to information — encrypted files that let you choose what to surrender, the digital trails automated crawlers can piece together — alongside a more personal admission about having no control over public recognition. See our Controlling quotes for a related angle.
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- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Drawn & Quarterly' has always given me complete editorial control over my books and comics, so any decision about what to include or exclude from the book was my own.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted total control and leadership. I wanted to buy the horses and choose the players.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consider in 1945, when the United Nations was first formed, there were something like fifty-one original member countries. Now the United Nations is made up of 193 nations, but it follows the same structure in which five nations control it. It's an anti-democratic structure.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I can't explain it. I can't control it. It just happens.
- Broader
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many women try to advance in their careers by having all the answers; by being the go-to person for information and advice; or by building expertise in a particular field. However, as they progress, gain broader responsibilities, and grow into leadership roles, they realize that their span of control is too vast to be able to know every answer.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.
- Property
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the Supreme Court rules that rent control is an unconstitutional taking of property, it would put all sorts of zoning rules in danger.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020