#control

It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return. ↗

— Alex Lowe

#back #control #demand #humility #lack

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#demonstrate #economy #fact #globalization #got

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot. ↗

— Michael Mann

#cannot #choices #controls #could #creativity

Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style. ↗

— Nigel Mansell

#cars #complicated #control #damage #driving

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy. ↗

— Aaron McGruder

#american foreign policy #american people #control #does #foreign

I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. ↗

— Richard McKenna

#am #banks #citizen #control #create

By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind separated into distinct ego states,each unaware of the other. First, the person traumatized had to be both extremely intelligent and under the age of seven, two conditions not yet understood though remaining consistent as factors. The trauma was almost always of a sexual nature…” p52 ↗

— Cheryl Hersha

#childhood-abuse #childhood-trauma #dissociation #government-corruption #government-cover-ups

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#could #daughters #each #government #like

When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#believe #called #cannot #contingency #control

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#being #biggest #controlling #impact #important