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Intention Quotes


"If I commit an error I do it without bad intention."


"I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them."


"It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms."


"In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour."


"Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity."


"The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions."


"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."


"The power of intention can open the door of opportunity and transform a valley of trouble into a triumph of joy."


"So we knew their intentions were to strike in the United States. We also knew from other sources of dozens of examples of where the notion of using planes as weapons was discussed."


"It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest."


"I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months."


"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent."


"Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy."


"I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy."


"Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet."


"It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak."


"The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective."


"It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches."


"Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to."
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