Quotes About Control

Dictators are interesting, no?

There are some showrunners who run their room like dictators, from what I hear.

This is how dictatorships always behave: they deny reality; they deny crises.

It's very hard to describe an elected government as a dictatorship.

Red is a benevolent dictatorship.

I grew up in a dictatorship in a very Catholic country.

'1984,' one of the most important works ever written, helped us understand the Cold War. In '1984,' the dictatorship was always surveilling you. Now, young people want to be surveyed. They want people to know where they are at all times.

On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though.

I don't think I've ever let myself go in public - I don't even know what it would mean. I mean, I let myself go on horseback by really galloping until, you know, I think I'm going to die.

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

Maradona, yes! Diego was very fast, with good skills and brilliant dribbling. Many players are fast but cannot control the ball, but he was amazing.

I am diabetic. So diet control is a pre-given for me.

It's been pretty effortless with Sensa because I am not thinking about how long do I need to do this. Usually, when you stop a diet program, you lose control again. But I don't need to stop what I'm doing. I'm eating everything that I like. Sensa just helps me keep it all in check.

I try to cook more now so I can control my diet and what I ingest.

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She's bigger than me. She's on a different level of performance that I have never done.

I believe everyone has the ability to be hypnotised, and I think, on different days, different people will have varying levels of susceptibility.

People don't realize how much control they do have. The more you can show them this control, the easier it is to tap back into the creative side of the brain that allows people to see possibilities and options.

I tap my fingers and cheekbones before going on stage to calm down. But nerves are necessary; if you ever lose them, it's a bad sign.

The tap of the backboard, that's a lot of body control, I've gotta be hanging in the air for a quite a bit of time.

My ability to be emotive and cry... I think I'm so fearful of tapping that that I won't know how to turn it off.

The best part of owning a blog is the fact that you are in control. You can write about anything you want to write about. You can decide how your blog looks. You can decide who to target. You can decide how to monetize the blog. You have full control!

Those who write may think they know their target market. They may even feel they can shape the work to fit it. If this is true of you, you have more control over your creative process than I do. Even so, I humbly submit that you try letting your writing shape your target market instead and see what happens.

In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target.