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Quotes About Control

Tomorrow has no more existence than yesterday, but you can always control now. We live in a series of nows. Think about now.
~ James Lee Burke
What happens outside of us doesn't count. That's something we don't have control over. It's what we do with it, the way that we react to it, that's important.
~ James Lee Burke
The Great Whore of Babylon is a commanding mistress. Once she widens her thighs and takes you inside her, she never lets go.
~ James Lee Burke
You've got a lot of anger in you, son," he said. "Don't let it turn on you. It'll flat tear you up.
~ James Lee Burke
Maybe they used drugs on you. Maybe they didn't need drugs. They have powers we don't understand.
~ James Lee Burke
his motor control still functioned but his soul went somewhere else.
~ James Lee Burke
The art world is controlled by a handful of people in New York. Most of them are idiots who think a screened-in piece of ham swarming with flies constitutes expression. There are many fraudulent aspects to American life, but the art world is probably the most egregious.
~ James Lee Burke
Jennifer, some people is suppose' to have only what other people let them have.' Lord God, her age and white and believing somet'ing like that.
~ James Lee Burke
We all got human weaknesses, noble mon. All I got to do is see her on TV and my Johnson starts barking.
~ James Lee Burke
said. "Whatdid you say?" she said. He shifted his rifle to his left hand and spun her in the opposite direction, then pushed her hard between the shoulder blades, snapping her head back. When she
~ James Lee Burke
Then an event happened that caused him to wonder at the great folly that seemed to govern his life, namely, his attempts to plan and control his future. Most of the events that changed his life had taken place without his consent and at the time had seemed of little consequence. Our destiny didn't lie in the stars, he told himself, or even in our mettle. It lay in our ability to recognize a gift when it was placed in your hands.
~ James Lee Burke
Hierarchy and discipline gave shape to the world;that was what he had always believed.Life was made easy by adherence toa rigid structure.But maybe that only really worked when you were at the top of the ladder,when you were doing well.The further down the rungs you went,the more of a victim of circumstances you became and the less it mattered whether or not you were in control.
~ James Lovegrove
TWO THERE SHOULD BE; NO MORE NO LESS. One to embody power, The other to crave it. - Darth Bane
~ James Luceno
Success doesn't come from summoning help from the Force, but from taking control of it and generating the power from within yourself.
~ James Luceno
The Sith are not placid stars but singularities. Rather than burn with muted purpose, we warp space and time to twist the galaxy to our own design.
~ James Luceno
Plagueis kept his thoughts to himself. The aptly named Darth Bane
~ James Luceno
Plagueis stood and touched him on the shoulder. 'No, Lord Sidious. Because we are the end of the line.' He gestured broadly. 'Everthing done here has been for a single purpose: to extend our reign indefinitely.
~ James Luceno
Through power we gain victory, and through victory our chains are broken. But power is only a means to an end.
~ James Luceno
Providing power is the only way forward." She
~ James Luceno
Discipline was the key to power. Unflinching discipline was what forged him into a sword master and warrior. Discipline was what enabled him to defy gravity and slow the inrush of sensory input, so that he could move between the moments.
~ James Luceno
In part, the deep-space mobile battle station was meant to put an end to harassments of any sort, whether driven by greed, political dissent, or revenge for acts committed during the Clone Wars or since. Once everyone in the galaxy grasped the weapon's capabilities, once the fear of Imperial reprisal took hold, discontent would cease to be a problem.
~ James Luceno
we warp space and time to twist the galaxy to our own design.
~ James Luceno
Give order to the future by attending to it with your thoughts. -Darth Plageuis
~ James Luceno
Each person seeks mastery over a world of slaves.
~ James M. Buchanan