"My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms."
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"You can't learn the truth about a man's intentions by asking him."
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"We introduced the Community Charge. I still call it that. I like the Poles - I never had any intention of taxing them."
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"Ive loved this job. It is my intention to stay as the Mayor"
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"The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions."
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"There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that."
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"It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to."
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"Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention."
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"It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park."
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"Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good."
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"Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now."
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"There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords."
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"There is always a gap between intention and action."
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"I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show."
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"Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose."
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"I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention."
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"I have always struggled, with the sole intention of ceasing to struggle. Result: zero."
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"To make what fate intends for me my own intention"
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"I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that."
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"I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope."
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