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Intentional Quotes (page 19)

No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them. Aldo Leopold
The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey, as quoted by Biden, p. 134 Joe Biden
Writing is hard work, not magic. It begins with deciding why you are writing and whom you are writing for. What is your intent? What do you want the reader to get out of it? What do you want to get out of it. It's also about making a serious time commitment and getting the project done. Suze Orman
One reason Elvis mattered, she said, was that in his prime, pop music had still been politically innocent, therefore deeply life-affirming, therefore relevant. By the time he died, most pop songs had become, usually without the conscious intention of those who wrote and sang them, anthems endorsing the values of fascism, which remains the case to this day. Dean Koontz
Sue Grafton quote: "She was the type who went to bars intent on conversation,..."
She was the type who went to bars intent on conversation, while he was the type who went in hopes of being left alone. Sue Grafton
Remember that the mantle of leadership is not the cloak of comfort, but the robe of responsibility. Accountability is not for the intention but for the deed. You must continue to choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong. Thomas S. Monson
Jane Austen quote: "Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original..."
Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it? Jane Austen
Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady. Robert A. Heinlein
A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not. Ronald Reagan
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul. G. I. Gurdjieff
I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal pain, when one day I should read your edit of whatever I say, because no matter what I say, no matter how I say it, no matter its tone, its frequency range, its decibel level or the way in which I put the words together, no matter my intentions and no matter the truth. What I'll read one day will be a chastised, manipulated abortion of your... Vincent Gallo
Baroness Orczy quote: "Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a..."
Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act. Baroness Orczy
There is no discussing theology, sociology and politics when someone is under the spell of a self-enclosed totalitarian ideology. Intentionally or out of ignorance, Ahmed, who is empirical in all matters, detests pointless and laborious philosophical imaginings, never-ending discussions, or clashes of ideas that might be respectful of non-believer opponents and sinners deserving only of complete contempt. Elie Wiesel
John Greenleaf Whittier quote: "Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ..."
Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant ... John Greenleaf Whittier
Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite; no one would come to its assistance, it would be defeated before having fought a battle. On the contrary, it appears to be asking nothing for itself, well knowing that without asking anything in advance it will obtain what it wants as a consequence of its victory. Vilfredo Pareto

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