Quotes about "intent"

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Sell also: absorbed, aim, captive, design, engrossed, intention, purport, purpose, spirit, wrapped

Definitions and meanings of word "intent"

• Noun: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; examples: "his intent was to provide a new translation", "good intentions are not enough", "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs", "he made no secret of his designs"

• Noun: the intended meaning of a communication

• Adj: giving or marked by complete attention to; examples: "that engrossed look or rapt delight", "then wrapped in dreams", "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mar", "rapt with wonder", "wrapped in thought"

Featured authors with quotes containing word "intent"

Tommy Franks
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American Soldier
Born Sunday 17 June 1945
William Blake
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English Poet
Monday 28 November 1757 - Sunday 12 August 1827
Chuck Hagel
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American Politician
Born Friday 4 October 1946
Alex Campbell
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Canadian Politician
Born Friday 1 December 1933
Duke Ellington
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American Leader, Musician, Composer
Saturday 29 April 1899 - Friday 24 May 1974
Ian Hacking
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Canadian Philosopher
Born Tuesday 18 February 1936
Jack Henry Abbott
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American Author
Friday 21 January 1944 - Sunday 10 February 2002
Walter Kaufmann
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German Philosopher
Friday 1 July 1921 - Thursday 4 September 1980
Richard MacDonald
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American Artist, Sculptor
Born 1946
Andrea Mackris
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American Celebrity
Born 1971
Serge Lang
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American, French, Scientist, Mathematician
Thursday 19 May 1927 - Monday 12 September 2005
Lao Tzu
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Chinese Philosopher

I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

Tommy Franks

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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Tommy Franks

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I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.

Tommy Franks

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My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent.

Tommy Franks

Words: death, will, caused, morphine, deliberately, taken, suicidal, intent
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It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.

Tommy Franks

Words: act, murder, play, intent, commit, something
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If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.

Tommy Franks

Words: just, intent, killing, people, better, bomb, made, agricultural, fertiliser
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Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

Tommy Franks

Words: well, lets, back, original, intent, social, security, insurance, contract
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.

Tommy Franks

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I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.

Tommy Franks

Words: create, artistic, intent, life
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I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public.

Tommy Franks

Words: mean, throwaway, thought, focus, intent, never, public
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I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

Tommy Franks

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The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

Tommy Franks

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He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.

Tommy Franks

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I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.

Tommy Franks

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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.

Tommy Franks

Words: never, sufficient, evidence, presented, trial, support, finding, intent, kill
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You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself.

Tommy Franks

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And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.

Tommy Franks

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In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.

Tommy Franks

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I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.

Tommy Franks

Words: know, claim, gods, purpose, intent
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Tommy Franks

Words: good, traveler, fixed, plans, intent, arriving
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