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A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.
Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.
You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.
And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.
You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.
It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.
If you believe in astrology, I'm a Virgo, so I'm very controlling; I'm very neat, and I'm very organized.
Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment.
I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.
When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.
Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays.
I try to think of myself as a lion, bringing down the kill, controlling the jungle. A lion controls his jungle.
People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me.
Any 'network neutrality' rule should be designed to forbid phone or cable companies from controlling the Internet.
My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.
There are still men in the professional or behind the scenes world that are controlling women to build credibility.
It really bothers me when a guy is controlling. Don't just say 'I'm picking the place' - ask me where I want to go!
Corporations always are controlling things, and we have the ability every day to do something about that. Every day.
Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.
You have to do a good job controlling the things you can control for performance and not get distracted by all the noise.
I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.
It actually makes perfect sense why women in Hollywood get so skinny: because it's a way of controlling how people see you.
I guess if I get a little weird about something that isn't the way I want it, and I complain, then it's called controlling.
I don't want to suggest that controlling pharmaceutical costs is the answer to what ails the U.S. health care system. It isn't.
When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.
Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing.
Obamacare's terrifyingly cumbersome, competition-hostile apparatus for controlling medical costs is one of its most obvious flaws.
When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.
Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level.
At the end of the day, it is about doing your best work - controlling what you can control and not trying to control what you can't.
Man, double-faced by nature, is placed by Revelation under a sharp, precise external rule, controlling his actions and his thoughts.
There's no controlling Billie - she's an authentic person. She's strong-willed and speaks her own mind, but she also listens to reason.
For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
Look at what happened in the 1990s: when they balanced the federal budget, it was through growth in the economy and controlling spending.
I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.
Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.
There is no need for use of torture instruments such as ankush for controlling the elephants. We can do it with the help of verbal commands.
The only time I'm relaxing is when I have the puck and controlling the puck. If I don't have it, I'm getting anxious, and I want to have it.
I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that.
A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.
We have to cut out some of our mistakes, but the main thing in English football is controlling the second ball. Without that, you cannot survive.
Modi has been the Gujarat chief minister for more than a decade, but there is a vast difference between controlling a state and leading a nation.
It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.
I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
In 2014, I bought controlling interest in Pro Football Focus. At the time we had 60 employees evaluating every player on every play of the NFL season.
Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.