Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot. Too seldom we choose to control what we can …our attitude.

我们经常选择去做那些我们无法控制的事，却很少去选择我们可以控制的事——那就是我们的态度。

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"That's the reality. And I didn't have control over the things that happened to me or to my body.

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We control how we use time, we control the temperature in the environment, and hermetically seal ourselves in things.

我们控制时间的利用，我们控制周边环境的温度,我们把自己封闭在各种事务中，与世隔绝。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

You could make a long list but it might include things Like the capacity for language and higher thought or abstract thought, conscience, self-control, free-will.

你也许能列出一个长单子，它可能包括以下东西,比如语言能力，高级或抽象思维能力，良心，自控力和自由意志。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Things go wrong that you have no control over, and, on occasion, things also go right, and you have no control over those, either.

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Internal investigations allow an organisation to maintain control and keep things quiet, but law-enforcement agencies have broader powers.

ECONOMIST: Putting it all together

Grant says the company is working with auto manufacturers to explore how on-board computers can help detect whether a driver is drowsy or not paying attention to the road, and allow a driver to control certain things in the vehicle -- like temperature, and in-car stereo -- using eye-control technology.

CNN: Watch this space: Eye-control to give technology a new look