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