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(noun) Influence or authority over something. Example: "The government has complete control over the situation."

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"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion."
— Thomas Jefferson
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."
— Maya Angelou
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
— Michael Altshuler
"An expectation is a hidden agenda with control at its root."
— Elezabeth Symond
"You have power over your mind, not outside events."
— Marcus Aurelius
"The only thing we have control over is our soul."
— Alex Daniel
"You have control over your mind, not outside events."
— Marcus Aurelius
"My life didn't please me, so I created my life."
— Coco Chanel
"Control what you consume externally & reflect internally."
— Alex Daniel
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
— Lao Tzu
"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust."
— Rumi
"Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
— Paulo Coelho
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