Intention Quotes

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To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's… — Ronald Reagan
Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail. — Keanu Reeves
Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back from the dead… — Julia Roberts
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt
It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. — Diana Ross
America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means they see fit. — Muqtada al Sadr
I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. — Liev Schreiber
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention… — Norman Schwarzkopf
One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs… — Martin Scorsese
My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times. — Jill Scott
To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have… — Ariel Sharon
You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going… — Ron Silver
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. — Samuel Smiles
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. — Sydney Smith
I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong. — Edward Snowden
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate. — Edward Snowden
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. — Robert Southey
There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the… — Thomas Sowell
Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might… — Angie Stone

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